The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-09-20 00:00:00

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DORORRIITER, BRPTIMBER 90, 1881.

THE DORSET COUNTY ROSU'ITS.L.

At this meson of nerved Thanksgivings and special
collections, attention is again directed to that admirable
mid invaluable institution to which the funds subscribed
by thankful chumbes are mainly devoted the
Dorset County Hospital. A week or two ago Canon
Bingham, the chairman of the committee. tamed their
annual appeal for support, and intimated that notwith-
standing the serious damage which they fear the
harvest has reoeived in • great part of the county,
nosa's hearts will still be open to the cry of their sick
and suffering neighbours, and that this asseon of
chastisement may prove, as has often heretofore been
the 01.9,111 10111100 of special consideration and effort for
the wants of other'. We venture to think, however,
that if sympathy and charity could be evoked by
affliction and c.hastiement which would be the natural
outcome of • ruined harvest, • calamity which at that
time seemed to be overshadowing this country, still
more would that sympathy be exercised, and Charity
more freely open her hand, when through the merciful
interposition of • bountiful Providence the crops are
safely garnered, and not as generally expected ir-
remediably damaged. The appeal of the oommittee
has in previous years met with • liberal response, and
the hospital is still carrying on its noble and Christilke
work —• work which needs no words of ours to coin.
mend it to the support of the people of Dwelt.
The funds derived at this period form an important
part of the hospital income, and the c.immittee assert
with great earnestness that it is absolutely essential to
the maintenance of the hoepital on its present scale.
Sermons were preached on Sunday at all the Dorchts-
ter churches but Holy Trinity (which holds its
thanksgiving services on Sunday next), and the
response was very liberal as in former years. As in
Dorchester, so we hope throughout the county, the
oommittee will not have asked in vain for support,
sod that wherever the good work of the hospital Is
felt, thankfulness and sympathy will be manifested
by the increased thankofferings of the people.

Accordhig to Lead, which is usually well informed
on them subjects, it is an open secret that English
fanners are to have their satisfaction next year in •
Lend Rill, dealing with questions of English land-
tenure in the same thorough way in which the Irish
Lend Bill hen dealt with the matter in Ireland. The
Richmond Commlesion have not yet presented their
report, and this it is which the Cabinet are waiting
for before ooining to a definite decision on the subject.
As soon •• • digest of the report is made, the whole
ciliation of English agriculture and its burdens will
come up for letilidneat, or at least for practical con.
Mention, for it would be premature to conclude that
Parliament will be prepared to support any such
mann for Gnat Britain.. that which has been con.
ceded to Ireland.

The Maryiebone Tories have scored • poor port of
triumph in getting the Premier's name wrack off their
local register of Parliamentary electors. The Liberal
agent had omitted to take notice of Mr. Gladstone's
change of address, though all the world besides had
takes cognisance of it. It seems that Mr. Gladstone,
In letting 73, Harley•street, swerved two rooms for
his own me ; but, as he did not sleep in them, the
booms °Quit! not by any fiction be said to be in his
occupation, and so the vote was lost—a piece of bung.
ling which ought to be a warning and a caution to
electoral agents everywhere.