The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-03-30 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1880.

of the men& h aware for biro" to aysay man; whet would have bees the consequence I Why,
_we. expect me to be in common with you all. sad kid
and however much any of us may differ from the ch3nll tale loot our Prestige soionpt the people of India, 'donned views with everyone of you. I cannot in me
opinions of another it is only fair-play to hear him. 111111100411 WI Prinwo ma of India. and what would that own mit represent a compound man, but at any rate I
huld have at once said " England ill not hope the principles which I enunciate will be such that,
(Applause.) He had beard • rumour tat he eilneMei ten 1 ..
some Isithmen to distribute offensive p Damon, s ele nothing," and it would have involved taking me altogether. I am • more fitting map.
us. If in !soother Indian Mutiny, in mmething of that of Sir Frederic J°lmetone and Istria, to represent lon
d oast us sailboat of money. Alluding to home in the House of Commons. (Load obsess.) That is the
(Voice: Very good men too)—he bad no objection
to Irishmen, for Fongikl3, ricotish and Irish made up this 74 ilre he cootinual—Perhaps you moy not be aware how real issue before you. Many of Imo forget whet the real
great British people ; but if any would kindly come and the Conservative party have been accused of expenditure. Issue is. You forget it is not a questios between Mr.
tell him—and he would make any enquiry wished—be and accused of everi tth
-ne ; nothing is too bat YOU may E 'wards and Sir Frederic Johnston-, Wit the question is
would try to stop them. But tle election will take not be aware that urine the air years of Lord Beacons- —is Sir Frederic Johnetone or ID Mr. Wylie the better
. field's Government the Income Tax bad been lees than in man to represent net (A Voice: '' Weber for ever, I
' place OD the question whether they wofoitdrd"Bvetooneas I,b, the five years of Mr. (Redskins'+. (Cheers.) Daring the don't wish you to say " Wylie for ever ' if you wish
I member for this borough a supporter five years Mr. Gladstone was in office the Income Tax was , " Johnston. for ever. I I want you to be se boost as I
I field, or a supporter of one yr:Wt.:ll reduoe taxation, li. Hi., and the six years of Lord Besorinefield's It only lam bassist with you.. I hope such one will do his best
, but maintain the honour of this oountry, who will reached le Si (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Oa the let of during this contest, and lean tell you you will not have
recklessly and heedlessly into war. (Applause.) March, 1/00, that tax was 51. in the A, in 1871 it was dl.. reason to regret giving Your votes and exerting yourselves
decision wee for them, and any chance he had of being in 1872 bit, in 1873 44.. in 1874 31. and in 1875, under the and returning me triumphantly beide Mr. Elwarde.
returned—and the chances are very good—depended present Government. it was ltd., In On 21., in 1877 31, (Loud cheers.) I will tell you candidly the reason why I
on their keeping their prOlialla. tie opoodod to the In 1.878
ta. i., in 1879 lid., and in 1880 51. (Loud cheers ) Add address you upon the subject I propose, namely. Eduo .-
working men; he shouM get DO support from the Tory thee.
.i.. nit There is another extraordinary thing I Hon. The reason is a simple one —o contemptible one I
should
tee to call your attention to. I density there are might say. When I came home to-ulght after • hord days
aristocracy, and by the workin men he should be many Mende in the room. Under the late Government work (for it is hard work), I found up m my table a copy
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returned if they chase to go to the poll. There is no all persons who had an income of under £lOO were free of a bill, signed " A Young Elector.' Gotueliter.) Wbon
danger under the badot of anyone kacwing
how they from this tax, but the Conservative Government raised I had penned it I thought it was • matter of coneratula-
vote ; it is absolutely secret, and no living being CAD the limit to £1.50. (Cheers.) Under the Liberal Govern- tlea, at ell events to the person who wrote it, that h i
pondbly tell. In conclusion his motto was that, he ment the tsx was esseemd at gm, with an abatement of could cionscientiousty say be was young Indeed. (Lough-
hoped, of every one of them—Peace, Retrenchment, £BO on incomes under £300; but time Conservatives raised tar.) I think I shall be able to prove conclusively to-night
and Reform. (Great applause.) the abatement to £l3O extended to incomes of 5.400 and that that /ODDS MO (because I take him at his word) who
under. This is what I want to Impress upon yolk that the WTOill that bill was licking in wisdom and knowledge of
Mr. Wm% of the Madras Civil Beryl" explained Income tax touches no working men or desks, while its the argument he adduced. Because, if there is one claim
that though he was not born in Dorchestsw, he did pressure upon penmen of small ineomes has been greatly I OLD vetoba your eaulidence, it is precisely the objection
marryig ? Dor. reduced, and instead of the Income Tax being • higher that the young mac rinsed to my can
what he could to rectify that error by n didature. Hews "Mr.
cheater lady. He went on to show that the ldbarahs tax under the Conservative than under the Liberal Wylieforgottoremindtheelsetersof Weymouth thathe was
had lowered both direct and indirect taxation. Hay- Government, the reverse has been the fact (Cheers) In In favour of compulsory education... He and I had failed
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referred . „.._ , ~, _ . ~.... ~,,....n Laws, for conclusion he said I thank you most 'impunity for the to remind them that by advocating compulsory education
k tec. et, notio_ll
.c." 6". .a...„1„„A kind reception you have given as this *leaning. and I r wee thereby impeibli upon the country a tax which
." ' fiercely attacked • 1 confident --' -, I- ' '' - ''• of tit otherwise be everted. There is no mistake about
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inwlfiCh repeal Sir—RoCre7t-Tee-1 ;ere;fiercely
by Disraeli, he pointed out Lord Despoiled..ld had
treated us to a parcel of shams. The Greeks, who had
taught us nearly all that is worth knowing in art, and
who would be a .econd Italy, if they were unitedunder a
Greek Government,—the Slavonic nations ul the
Balkan Peninsula, who would have been able to take
our manuf actin is, and send ins breadstuff' in exchange,
he had alienated. lie had treated ire to an Empress
of India—Vries id" 1.1 el Save the Queen") but the
Una Empress is absurd in the eyes of the natives of
India as in England. They speak with the greatest
gratitude of their Slabs Bari, or Great Queen, who
feeds them; but " Empress " they do not understand.
(Hear, hear.) Compare Mr. Brymer with Captain
; the timt.wante to ;!, to ralli.aneuL, to have
little distiectlun, to live Ml'. after his name'
Captain tireville has held office on ler the Liberal
Government, and will go to Parlisureat to work for
the people's good. Lord Beaconsfield professed to
stand on the Constitution. He might say
"H• re we wand on tie Oonstitntioo, by Thunder I
It's • fact of which there see bushels of proofs;
For bow could we trample on 'lto, I wonder,
If it warn% that Its always under our hods r
Mr. B. F. LOCK, after some eloquent remarks on
poelitics, devoted his time to explaining that the ballot
Is absolutely secret, the number which is on the voting
paper not corresponding with the voter's number on
the register, the paper may be folded up in any way
the voter likes to conceal the cross, which should be put
ilittthe name Greville, and in addition all the
s in the voting room are sworn to absolute
secrecy, while if any person pretends he knowe, it Is
utterly false, for the attempt to find out would expose
him to prison torsi: months. Only in case of bribera
or personation can the name be found out if a scrutiny
be allowed. ( Applause.)
The CHAIRMAN explained that by promise to the
Rev. M. Houle, they were bound to close the meeting,
in order not to interfere with Divine service, and
cheers for Captain Greville were heartily given.
Before the Candidate and his friends mold tit
a large number of strong and enthusiastic men
the shafts, and amidst immense cheers, drew the wag-
gon off the Green to the road, guided it down Fording.
ton Hill, then drew it through Fordington to
Dorchester High-street, up which it was taken with
we can't tell how many men-power. The crowd
augmented, and became more and more enthusiastic,
so that they actually drew the waggon with the
Candidate and party to the top of the town, as far as
the West Walks. Here they turned and went down
again, Cheering immensely, and finally drew off into
North Square, in front of the committee room. Hers
the party alighted, and Captain Greville proceeded to
the balcony, where he said he did not think in all his
life he had ever had so pleasant a ride. It reminded
him of the song—

that young pntletnaa's polities. (Laughter.) Not the
very flighted "Conservative" can be spelt out of the
words oomposlog • young elector. (L tughter.) Gentle-
men. I a& you U you agree with that young g m entle
i an.
(No.) It s said that the cotiouy i burdened Jaye
enough now without further taxation for coo,
education. Is it then to be that the country is to allow
Its youth, those who have the misfortune to be born in
• poverty- stricken state of life, to continue in
that state of life, to continue in that abject
ignorance, and in the and grow up only to inhabit our
poor houses and our gaols. Is that your wish. (No.) Is
it your wish that tits Poor child born almost in the gutter
should remain in that state. (No.) la it your wish that
those men who are just side perchance to keep his children
out of tbe workhouse only by dint of pinching and scrap-
ing. mid is only juit able to maintain his position as an
Immast man Jost outside the pale of charity-1a it your wish
simply because those men wish to preserve their indicen.
denim and liberty, that their children should be debarred
front the privileges and blessings of education. (No, ha)
Is it meant for my &rib% OT for your childmn, who are
sufltiently well od to eductte them youreelvea. Certainly
not. It is intended fur three iih!y who are only in receipt
of such wages as will keep body mid we tagell'ar. (Bed,
bmr) It is intended for the honest man who is above
slinking into the workhouse to accept the charity of the
nation it is to enable him to bring up his children in •
far bettor position than would otherwise be the atm
(Cheers.) It is for the ratepayer,' adze that compulsory
location is intended, because if you have children being
brought up to abject ignorance, if the child is quite nand*
to rise above the gutter, he must needs be one of two
things in the and—either an inmate of the poor-hones or
the gaol. • (Hear, hear.) Thor tore! hold it, that if this
principle of compulsory educatiou be only properly applied,
it is atholutely good. I take it that I have some authority
for speaking as I do, because as you know I am
a member of the largest School Board in the
world. (Hear, bear.) I tlr,refure have an experience
in these matters which our young elector had
not. No•, gentlemen, lot mo tell you one solid fact,
from the depth of my heart there fano such pleasure tome
In the wide world as going amongst my schools in Lambs*
and seeing the poor little ones, towhead of roaming about
the street, mithrably dirty and nattered for, to see them
sitting in the large airy school ro iota learning their simple
songs, and being taught the blesdags of • happy educated
life, and lash is there any man or woman who grudges
that education—ls there any man here whogrudges the little
pittance which contributes so materially to the welfare
and the future proeperity at the nation. (No.)
The Rev. L Bocyon Mr. Disarm. and Mr. Gummi
&roes also spoke.

f irisin I go- the poll that the electors e
Weymouth will return me It Parliament as their Con-
servative member for the borough, and that Mr. Wylie--
although I ray nothing against him—will have to return
to his home. leppsal to you Coeservative *lectors of
Weymouth to be true to the good cause and the bather of
England. (Cheers)
D. SKI= proposed "That this meeting is fully satisfied
with Sir Frederic Johnston's support of the present
Government, and that it has the fullest confidence in him
as our representative in the future. and pledges itself to
support him as our Conservative member, sad to use It.
best exertions to secure his return to Parliament'
Colonel Seen seconded the proposition, which was
carried.
Speeches were also male by Dr. Moorhead and Mr. T.
Wets.
D. Stepson prop eel a vote of confi fano° in Lord
B 'SCOW tla Id, which wail carried.
The R iv. Mr. Peron WC coded the resolution, and
remarked that if Mr. Wae is who had so ably &dittoed
them hail been here • month ago be might have gone
l•ark with Sir Frederic Johnstone with M.P. after his
u 111.) C. (Clem.)
EN INUSIASTIO LIBERAL I/KITING.
• "CONSZILverivE" L 1117131..
The largest and most sothuslastic of the meetings of the
Liberal party wall that held at the Barden, on Tuesday
eight, there belie nearly • thousand persons present,
a large proportion of whore were voters.
On Mr. Wylie entering the room he was cheered lustily,
the meeting rising and waving tbeir hats, and, others ire
expressing their cordial feeling. Each successive meeting
sums to show more than ever bow rapidly Mr. Wylie is
crowing in public favour, especially among what we call
the " respectable" portion of the community. vie, the
working classes.
Mr. Outsell again presided, and was surrounded by the
principal supporters of the cause.
The ClUlLnesi having made an excellent speech,
Mr Wirten rose and was greeted with the heartiest
cheering. In the course of an eloquent and stirring
address, which we wish we had the specs to give in Moser,
he said there WM not one particle of antagonism between
Mr. Inwards and himself. (Cheers.) They professed
identically the seem politics, they would sit, if it was
their good pleasure to return him, on the same side of the
Roues, and they would both work together in looking
alter the welfare and interests of this great
c=r.
(Cheers.) It had never been Mr. Edwards'
during the whole time he had been associated with them to
come here merely at every election to seek their imffmes, to
shake hands with the &Wean, ask for his vote, aa than
go away till the next election. (Cheers.) No, it had been
hI. policy to come amongst them and look after their
interests, not only at the time of the elections, but at the
time perhaps when they most needed him. (Loud cheers.)
It was all very well, as Sir Frederic Johnstone himself
acknowledged, that he should come here ten days ago, issue
his address, and then walk away again. (Laughter) When
he cams down on that occasion did he take the trouble to
go to each one of his supporters, "respectable" and other-
wise, shake them by the hand and may "I hope you kayo
that confidence in me which you had six years ago, and
that you will return me, without aeontast I" No, he did
' nothing of the kind. Did not Sir Frederic Johnstone
come down, and did he not merely write &few lines saying
they were to return him ti Perliamene and then walked
out of the town again. (Laughter.) He (Kr. Wylie) t Kik
II that Sir Frederic Johnsteue, with all his many virtues
and good qnslittes—(loud laeghter)—which he had no
donht he posseured, many more perhaps than he did—
(laughter)—he had not display d to them that regard for
their interests and welfare which he (Kr. Wyln) believed
was essential to anyone who rein °anted them in Parlia-
ment. (Appleusa) He proposed therefore to follow Mr.
Edwards not only in politics, but in his private case-cr.
(Cheers.) Mr. Wylie spoke feelingly of the kind
sympathy which he was every day reving during his
canvass. Whatever else might be raid of his candidature he
could honestly ray it was conducted in a good and kindly
spirit. There was no pressure whatever put upon any
person so far as his committee was concerned. In c
treat to this, Mr. Wylie s tel beheld in his hand a letter,
in which thore • • ere st dell of undue pressure placed
upon the potion to whom it was addresse to return Sir
Frederic Johnstone. He asked every honest man,
although he did not wnh to , ices their feelings in any
way, whether such con tuct ought nil to be out with the
greatest indignation. (Hoar, hear.) The simple fact was
there was one honest tradeeman in the town (although be
did not believe there was one that eves not honest), and he
dared toput up 'stabil' in the shop. lie had dared todo such
• thing. Could any of the B ilg trims atrocities equal such
an sell (Laughter.) Are po' itocal convictions to he stiffed
in this boroughl (No. no.) The following was the letter
addressed to our well-known and respected townsman Mr.
Parsons.
"Cleennount, Tuesday.
"Mr. Panione—l was sorry to gee yesterday Mr. Wylie.
name placarded in lent. letters over your shop requesting
your cutornere votes for him in the coming election.
Such • measure on the pert of a tredeeman, I consider to
be most driven. and likely to give much offence. I hope
you will remove Mr. Wylies name from your shop. or I
must withdraw my custom.'
This communication catered considerable sensation and
there were loud cries of "Name r Mr. Wylie continued
the writer of this 'reale which he said, svoke for
Itself, wee the Rev. Mr. Hideout. (Hisses.) Hs never
In the whole cn,rao of his life read such • pima
of composition. mei be never thought it was in the
heart of any Englishmen to write such • thing. (Shame.)
The remainder of Mr. Wylie's speech was devoted to an
exposition of his views in the matter of Disestablishnsent,
the Temperance qoestion, and • repudiation and metre-
diction of Sir Frederic J.ln tone's speech at the Royal the
previous evening, which he did most effectively.
Mr. Weeesci nixie a spirited speech, denouncing the
policy of the Government, and be was loudly cheered.
The proceedings throughout were enthusiastic as they
could well be, and augur well for the success of the cause
in Weymouth. We only ssish we could give • full report
of the speachee, for they well deserved it, being in marked
coetcest to those of the Conservative meeting.
SPEECH BY MR. WYLIE.
WTLiii delivered an able speech at the Burdon on
Saturday eight. There were present on the °lathiest—
Mr. It. Oaken, who presided, the Rev. K. Bolton, Kr.
Alfred Dennis, and otters. The room was crowded with
an enthusiastic audience.
The CllnliteleX had opened the meeting with • speech
strongly oouderuning the Southern Times for certain
remarks.
Mr. WTI.II said : runtlemen,—l am more than gratified
at the kindly reception you have given me to-night. It has
been a most pleasant recollection for me to remember that
on the first occa,ion I presented myself before • large
audience in Weymouth I received an ovation such as I
never received in my life before and it is also very
gratifying for me to find that our opponents acknowledge
that there never was • political meeting held before in
Weymouth in which such orderly conduct was observed.
(Applause.) I take some credit to myself, because that
oer opponents also acknowledge they never remember
when such a young man was listened to so patiently. (Ap-
plause.) But you will have a fair estimate off the Con.
asevative party if you give due attention to the report of
my e in the Southern Tinue (Hisses.) You will
find t instead of being left to speak for itself, as all
swches should, It is prefaced by • paragraph, which is an
absolute insult to every man here who dose not call him-
self an aristocrat. (Cheers.) It is said in that taper the
gentlemen who were around that platform on Thursday
night were not fitting the name of respectable. It is
said that in order to win respectability for my platform
I had to import that ilily from Sherbrarne in the
person of Mr. Rugg. They say, gentlemen, that the
gale perm& (practically) upon that platform on the last
1101111•10 n Wbo could claim respectaNlity as one of his
: qualities was Mr. Rugg. (Shame.) Now Mr. Ram is
eat here tonight, and the same gentlemen who were
=ut then are here now, and yet it is dared to be said
th.. gentlemen. who supported me simply on
semount of my politics and not because of my personal
qualities, are not respectable (Thases.) I wM read the
paragraph, of which, I think, we have all jest and
reelesusMe cause to complain. (Hear, bur.)
" Mr. Gukell presided, and we believe the only towns-
man who supported him on the platform was Mr. A.
Dennis, whilst foreign aid had to be imported is the
portion of • Mr. Ruegg, of Sherberna, who had to be
enlisted in order to orthe up a respectable 0) areseenen"
I ask you as men capable of forming • f r
wbether that is a proper statement of the facts I
till you honestly that when I have come upon a publie
platform to seek for • public position it has never occurred
to me for one single moment to care who wee upon my
platform very much so long es the cause which I wee
advocating we, one which my conscience told me woe
right and good. (Cheers.) If the cause is right, then I
am satisfied, and the men who advocate it are men whom
can mooch,* with. (Cheers.) It is another matter al.
together when I find the Southern Mess thinks sad
asserts that because a man advocates the cause which be
has at hurt he is not to be called respectable. (Rape
hear.) I should like to know what are the number of
" respectables" in the whole of Weymouth if we take the
&mann nod estimate of the respectable." (Laughter)
Isu room . the • respectables" of w eymouth must needs
have handles to their names, and must needs have at-
tained to eelnel great notoriety of some kind before they
can hope to be called " respectable." (Laughter.) I have
an honest committee by me, who work day by day and
night by night, and who give me every testimony as the
time goes ea that they will carry ow to the w cond place
on Use poll, and! am satisfied of it.
_(Loud cheers.) It
Is often questioned if the Ministry of Yr . Gladstone was
so full of perfections. we make it out to be. Why did
they turn it out I I will tell you the reason why, and not
In my own words I can tell you in the words of Mr.
Gun.clino, from "England under Lord B nconsfield." "If
we were weary of the Gladetenian Government it was
the weariness of assiduous prosperity, not peademate
anger. It was because the prosperity of this country had
been so great, because of the good things they bad bad
too much of that the people got weary of the Gladstonlan
Ministry. (Heat, hear.) There is such a thing as having
too much eh' good thing, and when we look back upon
the last dismal six years sine* Mr. Gladstone occupied the
first place, then and not till then do we miss all we have
lost. (Hear. hear.) Gentlemen, I don't propose to occupy
sour time merely to arouse your feel against any
overnment. If I ask you to return a pare Mira
Ministry, I do so entirely because I believe tUt Ministry
is the best to conduct the affairs of this country. I don't
want to win your Barium by arousing your sentiments
and calling up feelings altogether thee but I ate
content to base my claim on the purest an most con-
scientious reasons. I wish to address ou not in • merit
of antagonism, not even to my Lard but I
wish to acme., myself to queWoos itectribile port-
saes, and will leave you to decide w tlee_r Oen 00111-
sand your attention or not. (Hear, hear.) Tits subject
is erne that should be of infinite interest to every man
here, and I will confine myself to that Oat 114 Upon
the last occasion I spoke too you ca the f lolkW ed
the Government, although I dwelt but very
M. and I will refer to it souse other than If lota ictse
Ind time, and possum the health and energy so do.
' will address you day by day and pat you in the fullest
pose/ado& of the views I hold, so that you won't go to the
sab ying you do not know Yr. Wylie and hL views.
You shall e well posseerd of those news. and being eau-
Tinted I hold them fe:l equally couvineed I shall advocate
them in the Howe of Ogonsons. U Foe vises so tier% with
all my heart. (Chests) 11 belinly=
arstkons Timm, that thee ~Nam Mho this
Wa. and yourselves. us IssA asslis of bdai salsd
still
believe me I ass hasissi la wYst I say. tor I
saint slanglsdn't.tllB:4:l=tillirDwass

YOBTL &ID.

The latex Ream FUSD. —The Duchess of Marl-
borough, to Richard Pearce, Esq., acknowledged a
cheque for £49 2a 3d., for her Irish Relief Fund and
expressed her heartfelt thanks for their most liberal
donation.

Tal LOCAL BOARD BuorioN will take place some
time in April.
Lasur. RatuuseN, of the 56th Regiment, arrived here
from Bombay on Tuesday, to join the headquarters of
the Regiment.
nix MTH Rzotincrr.—A draft of 30 men from the
Depot at Warley arrived at Portland on Thursday, to
join the headquarters of the 56th.
Exruastves. On Thursday, Major Majendie,
Government Inspector, accompanied by Supt. BaUy,
inspected all the buildings in Portland red for
the storage of exploeives and dangerous oils.
I Burn TILACRIRS' EXAMINATION. The annual
examination of the pupil teachers of the Dorchester
District took place on Saturday at the county town.
I The ptrty from Portland numbered 90.
H.M.S. WARRIOR.—The Warrior proceeded to sea
on Tuesday, for shot and shell practice. She left her
anchorage in the early morning, and went out some
distance into the channeL A large party of ladies and
gentlemen accompanied her. The day was beauti-
fully fine. The Warrior returned to the Roads in the
afternoon about four o'clock.

" Wait for the waitron
And we'll all teke a ride."
(Laughter and applause.) But it was not a question of
waiting for the waggon, for the people of Dorchester
had made the waggon go an if it was an express train.
He did not remember an election where there was so
much enthusiasm as the peoleof Dorchester had shown
in this, and if they wood all keep together and work
together, they were sure to win. He thanked them
very much for that charming ride, and now asked them
as friends, as good citixens,to hear his opponent quietly,
—(hear, hear)—at the same time he was quite certain
they would not give his opponent a ride. It only
showed what the people of • great, free, sad
enli.;htened country could do if they liked. Let them
work, together, and sink all petty differences, and
there would be an end of Tory rule, and it would be
a great triumph to sa this borough of Dorchester.
! which wag supposed to be hopelessly Tory, return, as
when Mr. Sheridan was the member, a true Liberal.
, He trusted this would not be the last opportunity of
speaking to the bone and sinew of Dorchester, and,
once more thanking them, wished them a happy even-
ing. The crowd being unwilling to disperse, Captain
Orev;lle again asked for a patient hearing for Mr.
Bryan( r, whether he spoke on Fordington Green or in
a hall in the town. In conclusion he asked them to
return him, (Captain Graille) at the heal of the
p dl, and once more wished them good night. The
crowd, in an orderly manner, then gradually dispersed.
WEYMOUTH.
COUNTY COURT.—Before T. E. P. 'Ahoy, Esq.,
judge. At this court on Saturday there was no
business of interest.
Seeegit—On Friday evening a gathering. of a most
enjoyable kind took plea
atthe King's Head. The
tables were prettily decorated with flowers, and the
repast was served In a style reflecting great credit on
the hostess, Mrs. Sly. After supper Mr. nooks was
voted to the chair, and the evening was spent most
convivially. Mrs. T. Ellery presided at the piano,
assisted by Miss S. Sly. Some capital songs were
sung by Meters. Peeks, &Gary, Fooks, Wells, and
others.
CoNsiarsTirg Mimnita.—A meeting of Conserve,
lives was held at the Victoria on Friday evening,
for the purpose of appointing committees for the
various districts in tho borough. Sir Frederic Johnstone
was oresent. Mr. Mercer took the chair. At the
conclusion of the business the hon. baronet thanked
all those who had voluotarily come forward t) put
their names on the committees. After such • lar.(o
meeting he had no doubt as to his being the repre-
sentative for Weymouth in the next Parliament.
LIMAS r. LUCAs •ND Lord Appeared
for the petitioner. The petitioner married the
respondent on the 14th of October, 1868, at St.
Jamas' Church, Trowbridge, and they lived at Trow-
bridge for about four year', the petitioner keeping •
tobacconist's shop, after which they went to Wey-
mouth. In 1878 they went back to Trowbrichre, the
petitioner having taken the Three 'Puns Inn. In con-
sequence of what the petitioner heard in June, 1878, he
forbade the co-respondent, who was a customer, to
come into the house, and he subsequently ascertained
that the co-respondent had on several occasions corn.
misted adultery with his wife.—Decree nisi, with
costs. —[For years the petitioner and his wife yielded
in Brunswick-buildings, Melcombe Regis, and he was
the agent for the Somereetshire Coal Company. Mr.
R. N. Howard was the solicitor for the petitioner.
UNl•galliTT Or CANE/MOS LOII•L E•X•11111•TION.
WILY3IOI/Tll ClNTai.—Th• following were the Fuccessful
candidates it the Christmas Examinations. 1879: Boys :
Senior examinttion : Pat list, Henry Symonds. Junior
examitation—Honotir list: Class ill, R L Shepherd and
8. Sysnonda Past list—W. Bryant, A. W. Dennis, K H.
Hopkins. li. Mitchell P. J. Llngdon. F. W. Richards, and
F. Sticklen. Par i Passed n English subjects and Divinity—C.
.1. Tour. The above are all from the Melcombe Regis
School. The class list (girls) for the examinations held
last December has just been published, and show the
following results for the Weymouth centre—Seniors, Class
lII—H. B. Holden, distinguished in English, satisfied the
examiner. L S. Grove, distinguished in English and
music. Juniors, Class lII—A. IL Andrews and IL R.
Bayne; the former distinguished in music. Satisfied the
examiners, R. E. Meyer and H. K. 0 Stainthorpe. The
above were educated by Miss Parker, Lrdadowne-villas,
who eased all her candidate.. Three others also satisfied
the Examiners :—Ssniorv, II Day (Mines Ball, Castle
Carey) and &moth sr whose name is by request not pub-
lished. Junior, J. A. Findlay (Kiss Penney, Poole).
WEYMOUTH HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
The following la.Ves and gentlemen have promised their
pwronage to tee Horticultural Soelety—thavager Laity
SuitHd, the Hon. Mrs. Bast, Mr. Henry Edwards, ILP.,
Sr Frederic Johnstone. Bart. M.P., the lies. W. H. B.
P ,rttuan, 11 P., Mr, Jahn Plover, M P., and the Hon.
I ward Digliy, IL P. Mr. W. M. This/18ton is Se.:retary.
THE nzonoN.
TIFI Southern Tiros deserved all it got at the hands of
11r. Wylie and Mr. fluke I at the Burden on Saturday
for Bs exceedingly queethmable remelt as to the
" r spectability" of the Brat c,f the enthusiastic Liberal
gatherings. Surely that organ Is not so badly off by
g timate phraseolar that It must needs take to eau/
ie.: • large gathering of not being respectable.'
Hr. Wylie and Mr. Gaskell were Justly adamant at such
, leo.iiage, and it was equally lamented by the working men
who lorwenidrd to hear him on Saturday—and a more
" re.pectable" class of men (taking the word in truest
, sons ) it would be hard to conceive, and their Indignation
w s (hel) expressed when Mr. Wylie reel the obnoxious
paragra.
Thu pphaper may say what it likes, but Sir Frederic
Johnstone has a very formidable °opulent in Mr.
am ti the hon, baronet would think the same if he sac the
enthusiastic reception accorded him on all merlons on
which he has appeared before the pahlic. His speech on
Hiturday night was a most eloquent ore, and Mr. Wylie
fully aroused the sympatnies of hia crowded audience in
appealtng for free education for the childreo of the gutter.
Ile po•••••es • most agreeable unaffected presence and
he has become thoroughly popular, especially among those
of the lower classes. Should he be returned, and we trust
he will, he will bri a worthy lieutenant nt our beloved
member, Mr. Elwards, and we are sure Weymouth will
low, nothing in the exchange.
CONSERVATIVE MEETING AT THE ROYAL
HOTEL
A meeting of the Conservative party was held at the
Royal Hotel on Monday night life. Mercer was voted
to the chair. There were also on the platform SW
Frederic Johnstone, Bart. IL P. Captain Evans, the
M J Rev. r. Paton, Mr. J. Milledge, Kr. J. Robertson,
Colonel Smtt, Mr. W. T. Wait, Dr. Smith, D. Simpson,
Dr. Moorhead, Mr. T. It Groves, st.c.
The Clgatall•N introduced the Candidate.
Sr 1111DalUC lonerroely, who was well received,
au iced them how deeply honoured he was in standing
there for the second time to solicit their suffrages, but he
was in hopes that they amid have had • quiet election.
He ordered when be received the news that there
was to be a contest, he did not like It for mesons
apparent to them all. (Laughter.) He did not expect to
have a tautest, but he was perfectly willing to fight his
fight with anybody. (Oheent.) In the course of
his webech, referring to the Afghan War in path:o-
ar, Sir Frederic said: You all know how that war
began, and I maintain the Government were perfectly
riglit in what they did. (Hear, beer.) Share AU ref usea
to melee our Znobseq at Cabul, when the Russian
mohair, were already thaw Now why did Shire All do
this I why, because he was told by Russia to do it.
Wan he refused to allow Sir Neville Chamberlain to ,
into the Khyber, he knew priestly well what would be '
the uenc and I °redder under those eirctunstances
we were bood to Ida active Saalisares wand him.
(Cheers.) I maiatian this, that Basta from Hr. Oka.
scene's speeches, if it had not been-for Lord Beacons-
field Reser- would have been Wanes of Ormann
and probably have been at Cleadeker and at Oabinktintil

—Niiic;Ti-iicTia-sii;;;7— The Weymouth and
Portland Steam Packet Co. will on Good Friday and
Easter Monday run excursions, in the morning, round
the Breakwater to the Bill of Portland, starting from
the Pier at half-past eleven; and in the afternoon to
Lulworth and hack without landing, starting at half.
past two. Fares for each excursion la. including pier
tolls.

HJLS.BoisCAWL7.—On Thursday Captain Brad-
shaw, Inspecting_Captain of training ships, inspected
the Bososwen. This gallant officer has only just been
appointed to this post. He will doubtless be remem-
bered as the captain of the Shah, who, on her way
home after a long stay in the Pacific, heard at St.
Helena's Island of the massacre of Isandula, took aa many
troops as could be spared from the Island, proceeded
to the Ceps, and did good service.
SHIPPING CA3VALTT.—The North German barque,
Admiral Tegetthoff, bound to Bremen with a cargo
of petroleum, shipped a heavy sea whilst °roofing the
Atlandc, which carried away her raider and a portion
of her bulwarks. A temporary rudder was fixed
which was very soon also carried away. In this
helpless condition with no land in sight, she WAG
sighted by a large steamer which took her in tow and
bore for Portland. On Tuesday morning the hawser
parted, and the capstan of the barque "taking
charge," it knocked down a number of the crew, one of
them having his leg broken and others injured in
various ways. Being unable to get round the Bill on
account of the strong tide they anchored in the West
Bay, where Dr. Mcf—smn boarded the damaged vessel
and set the man's leg and otherwise attended the
injured men. At a late hour the same night she was
safely brought into Portland Roads, and is at present
anchored at the Government moorings, undergoing
repairs. The man with the broken leg was removed
to the Doriet County Hospital on Sunday.

question the financial untruths thry have thought fit
to parade before us in their bill.; suffice it to say that
we adopt this course becinse they are beneath our
notion So we will co 'tent ourselves with rain irking
that it is very evident that Caufordiam is brginning
to "stink in the nostrils' of every sensible man In
Poole, and if
"Britons never. never *ball be sl
let the Britons of I:`,. 'le take this oppoi tunity of
verifying the assertion Can any man p wiesseel
of an ordinary anr iii t of ir,telllgso) for one
moment areas as to what %rid be the ,a.&. of the
forthcoming election tin the one hand we i.e a Wall,
a perfect stranger, whom no one has known for
a month, who is the catspaw, or representative, of the
Cauford interest, an interest which, wh n represented
by the Lord of the Manor himself, is proved of no
effect, a man whose power. as &statesman are led
iw
mediocrity, whose politics are opposed to those of the
Poole people whose speeches tell of the lame 'Lay
upon which his chances rely, whose pAitiebl supi.orters
are devoid of that tact which is so oilseed .1 for his
genuine support, whose reliance on success is based
upon the undue influence which has been brought to
bear in the Ladies. Walking Field, whose story to the
working men during his canvass finished up with a
kind of palaver almost merging into a threat if tee
answer be received was not at once satisfactory, and
whose very twee, wh, ii on his canvass, betokens
chagrin at the number of direct refusal be hears.
Whilst on the other hand we see a m in, a gentleman,
and an Englishman, whose name is dear ii us in
Poole, who has represented u., awl represented
us well, who has been known to u. for 16 years, who
has been shamefully used, who by the in 'pop e'en's.-
tioll of his opponent lost hie seat in 1868 i..d by
the fishing, underhanded action of his oppo.ents
unlimited in 1874, wh is. liberality isunbounded,whoee
associations with the town have been the meses f
making it what it is, whose name lives in or hearts,
who is welcome wherever he goes, and whose success
is certain. Choose between these two mu, and let
those who lose laugh if they can ; but we who are sure
to win are laughing now, and hope to we:coure the
time very shortly when the borough has sh iwn that
however easy it may be to bring a haree to the water,
It is a difficult job to stake him drink. —Poole i elegraw.

deceased had been dead about 12 houts.-12m111 Crow.
another pardon called by the husband, corrohoratet the
stdtomente of the lest witmeia —After some little time the
jury returned • verdict of " Natural Death," ifnmediste
cause unknown.

BLANDFORD.
BLANDFORD FARMERS' CLUB.
Satunlay evening • meetly,: of the above club was
hid at the Crown Itotol,en.l aas attended by the chair.
Mein (Mr. J. 'l' 11. Scutt) and Zwirs G. Galpin, C. Cox-
Bartlett, R. Lewis, C. Richman, 0. C. Richards, .1 0.
Fowler, U. Keeva K J. Burnell, T. Taylor, J. Itoaaiter,
end E 0. Richards (hon. sea
Mr. Gimes. GALPIN introduced the subject "What
alterations are necessary to I=4 the requirements of the
present state of agriculture He said :—" You have been
grumbliug for the last ge years, and now I believe you
have some CALLAO for it, 60 I will throw back 2) per cent.
off your rent." Such was the answer of a landlord to his
tmant, who had asked for some deduction on account of
the hard times, and, however ungracious, it bed • good
practical application. Two or three successive years of
deficient harvest,' had been far exceeded by the diaahtrous
season of ICJ; and the other canes was the enormous and
yet steadily increasing foreign competition. The Britbh
farmer, weighed and bound ilowu with competition, high
runts, dear labour, and heavy taxation, found it uphill
week to compete with the foreigner, 01th his boundless
extent of virgin soil at nominal rents, aided as he was by
, low freights and freedom from taxation. With regard to
the first cause they must look forward hopefully. But
with regard to the other Cause, via, foreign competition,
he feared they must make up their minds to have to meet
it not only iii its present state, but also in increasing
dimensions, both as regarded corn and meat, and other
products as well. What could toe farmer himself do to
nowt the times. First of all he must not rent the land so
dear. If • young farmer's son were to take his energy,
capital, aud experience to one of our colonies or to
America, he would soon at sin a much better position
thou ever he could hope to do in the mother couutry. But
supposing a farmer had the offer and wished to take •
farm in this country, naturally he wou d first try to
ascertain what amount of corn he could reasonably expect to
gat, taking the average of seasons. and what amount of
stock he could kcal,. What capital is required for the
successful working of the farm I How many men and
horses are required? What manure, tradesnieua bills,
rates and taxes, interest on capital, Ix.? Then after theme
debits are put against the credit*, what rent can he afford
to give I They were told on all aides that the panacea
for agricultural depression was to invest more capital in
the soil. One could hardly see the force of this argument,
if the present capital invested did not pay a legitimate
interest. Having ridiculed the Agricultural Holding/.
Act, Mr. Galpin spoke of the Game Laws and said there
was a great deal of LUAU Mu sentiment mixed up with •
little common sense in the arguments for their repeal.
If a landlord deceived a tenant by false representation
either as to the amount of game, or by increasing the
amount after the tenant was in possession, then the
tenant should have a redress. If the tenant were in all
cases allowed to kill the ground game much cause of dis-
agreement between landlord and tenant would be avoided,
nor would the landlord lose by the bargain, for no well-
disposed tenant would encourage poaching er have any
sympathy with poachers. Some of the best land,
suitable to it, should be laid down to permanent pasture.
Then why not pay more attention to growing seeds
instead of so much corn, keeping more poultry,
Ac., and breeding horses, especially cart horses. The
subject of the relative ments of large or small farms had
given rise to • great deal of discussion lately. No one
would be inclined to deny that a farmerlahould limit the
extent of his holding, according to his available capital.
If • men had to work with borrowed cap tel and to pay
interest on that capital, he would be a poor man all his
life. As a general rule moderately farms were
better managed, more economically work d, and paid a
better return than the smaller farms, besides which the
outlay on the landlords' part, in buildings and houses, was
less comps atively on large than on small farms. As a
rule no class of men took less interest in politics than did
the tenant fanner. (Mr. Fowler: "hear, hear.') He
grumbles at the market table over the rates and taxes he
has to pay and his constantly increasing expenses, but he
has been so long accustomed to leave thAen to think for
him, to looa up to his superiors to do what they think
right for him, that tar effort required to think for himself
is too much for him, and so he allows things to go on
without troubling himself, till he wakes up some morning
to find, when it is too late to remonstrate, that there is
another straw laid on the camel's back. He must not !
expect others to interest themselves in hismatters, if he was
lute warm himself. There were Farmers' Clubs, Chambers
of Agriculture, snd lately the Farmers' Alliance had been
called into existence to plead the farms eause. The
lecturer spoke of the malt tax as an unjust one, pressing
heavily on the farmer, and said it ought to Ihe done away
with. But it WIWI the matter of local taxation that the
fernier was most intertested in. because he is more heavily
rated in portion than others. A farmer with a
Lro
capital of 'AO, and renting a farm at .f. 500 per &animals
rated at the gross rent, minus • reduction for repairs,
whereas • manufacturer or tradesman employing the same
capital, and perhaps turning over that capital four times
to the farmer's once, is rated most probably at one-fifth
the sum the farmer has to pay, and the gentlemen with
ten times the income is more than likely rated less than
either. They were told that if they paid their labourers
more the poor rates would be leas, but it was not the
amount doled out to the paupers which constituted the
great burden of the ,o-call ed poor-rates. It was the
establishment chargea, the salaries paid to the multitude
of officials, the mu iintenance of grand buildings—many of
which, as their frien.l, the late Mr. R. Fowler. conclusively
proved, could be dispensed with, and the constant addition
of fresh sources of expense, such as sanitary matters,
education, and the maintenance of the highways. Lord
Beaconsfield in reply to a memerial, recently forwarded to
him by owners and occupiers of land in Wiltshire. denies
there has been any lacrosse during the six years ending
PCS; but that on the contrary, there has been • decrease.
But they were threatened with another great addition to
the rates in the disturnpiking of the public roads and
making them highways to be kept in repair by the several
parishea through which they pass. True, some of these
were made truck mails, and the cost of repair was spree I
over a large area, but this was only shifting the burden
from one shoulder to the other. The old principle of
making those who used the roads pay for their main-
tenance was the correct one, and why could not the same
principle be carried out by levying • tax on horses to be
applied to the maintenance of the roads? not only the
present turnpike roads, but all the highways of the country.
If a temuit has a lease of the property, he ix lemnd to pay
all rates imposed on th it laruperty, and even if he haa no
lease he cannot be making a fresh a:mamma with his
landlord every year. It would be but poor satisfaction to the
tenant who, ruined by the extra burdens thrown upon his
holding, was obliged at last to relinquish his farm, to
find that the landlord, in making a new bargain with
another ten .nt, had to take in consideration the extra
rates imposed ..n the farm Therefore it is high time for
the fanners to think for theinselves, and, wherever they
have an opportunity of recording their votes, to sink
party politics and vote for the man el., is like y to look
after their own interests. A brief diacumion folio wed,and all
the speakers joined in condemning the new Highway Act
as unjust to the farmers but the meeting was divided in
Iri.uVonwlert'potiiinet:idd voiu7l;lllliatt in Rge)-elikre4detche
malt tax.
rease oa this
tax was a million of pou ds, whereas in the &Mlle year
there Wa4 an increase of L., per cent in the quantity of
sugar used by brewers, and he advivatei the placing of a
heavier tax on sugar. As to the Game Laws, there was a
general feeling that it Noel,' be uuneaissiry to abolish
them if the ground game was placed under the entire
control of the tenants, an-I several of the speakers urged
the necessity of the f arming interest being well represented
in the House of Commons.