The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-07-07 00:00:00


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YITZSDAY, JULY 7, 1861.

NOTE OF THE WEEK.

The aerials wens which took place u the Hesse
of Lords Cla Thursday, bee attrefeed a great deal of
notice. The exodus of Berl Bneeill wad his friends,
when they deliberately rese from their Nets in the
Upper Hosea, Lad, Pilate-like, washing their heads
of all eomplioity in the Imminent before this,
abandoned the arena to their opponents, most have
been an impressive tied dramatic, demonstratice.
But it may he dosluted whether the comics
dienanded Noah an tusnewil display; foe, }.ow
aver, impropee it might be Sur the Government
to conotenance the up setting by the Lords of •
settlement they had come to with the Commons,
one would have thought that verbal protests
might bare been tried • little Imager before report-
ing to such an extreme warm. If a more meat
000esion for such • demoestration should li.reitter
mar, roplo will sot sow Wok so moth of it.
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It is believed that Parliament will be promffila
an the 20 th inst. 'The Speaker's official dinner to
the clerks cud officers of the Howls of Commons is
fired for Wednesday, the Ifith of Jul/. Thi!dianie
generally precedes the prorogation by • w"••
The Duke of Edinburgh, 11000 M psnied by hie
brother the Prises of Wales VUlId th• Cr"tal
Palace cm Saturday, and mee with as enthesiestio
, asns:lnoosthiswePtilhO:seMidaretk.abinbetighabiP".."dliffropmorommiadf tbc:m°l6mingthMae
thirty.thoomed odd of fehionably•droseed ladies
sod gentlemen t were beyond the suspicion of
indiffersel loyally, as their preemie and numbers
testilled. No doubt they intended to be very warm
in tbair welcome, and were so in their way; but it
ii to be rigmet.d that the popular sailor Prince
did not make his first appearance in public
ea an 00011110111 W ' hew oould have heard Um
catharses et cheering that would have greeted hint
if the greeters lead Dot been those who ware afraid
or sebaseed of testifying their sintiments with fall
power of best sad king. We are told that
m thi Primer/ &mired in the Royal boy, a
elwar faint sad ascertain, arose; the Duke came to
the front, but seemed usdeoided what to do, as the
cheer bad moo speed itself. Another, however, was
attempted, with better 100011011, and then the Duke
weal through the operation generally deeoribed by
the phrase • bowed his acknowledgments." A third
round was managed, bet the plaadits of a wept*
of hui.dred politioans ratifying the views of their
political obief would have been thunder oontrasted
with it Handkerchiefs were waved in plenty, but
chiefly by gentlemen, the ladies appearing to bare
enough to do to level their opera glasses with
becoming grace at the Royal boy. The National
Anthem was played by Mi. Mann's band, and rung
by the choir, but the audience, as if exhausted by
their previous efforts, did not join in the chorus.
We learn that there are between fifteen and
sixteen pages of amendments to the Election Peti.
lions and Corrupt Practices BilL It is, therefore,
evident, that molest some are withdrawn, the themes
of the 11106/11f • peeing this minion are very small.

The Telegraph Bill premoM a more hopeful prow
petit. Agreements have boon already Med with
the Submarine Company, the Bcutb-Eastent, the
Brighton, and the London, Chatham, and Dover
Railways, and the principal opponents are well nigh
settled with, so that the Bill is relieved of meet
material him:limbo,. Objectioo has been take. to the
amount of purchasenutaity which is likely to be
payable; but it must be remembered that the
Government will be able to borrow at three and •
liclf per cent, the amount on which they will after-
wards gain five per rent. out of their receipts for
telegrams.

The Lord Bishop of Oxford by this time
wishes he had left Mr. Spurgeon &lona IteiritrorT
ship, it will be remembered, quoted this popula-
preacher in the Howe of Lords, to show that under
the voluntary system ministers of religion were
wretchedly paid in poor districts. Mr. Spurgeon
retorts, very fairly, in • letter to the papers, that
the Church of England, with all it endowments and
Slate patronage, has its indigent clergymen, and
even its society to relieve them with cast-off clothes.
This is vigorously aid fairly pat, and will teach
Dr. Wilberforce that there is too much glare in his
own house for him to indulge safely in mons-throw.
Pig at his neighbours' dialling; but it is in bad
taste for Mr. Spurgeon to speak of the bishop as
" Mr. flarnuel Wilberforce."

Riab Allah's action against the insoranoe company
has resulted in • drawn batUe, the jury Wog eight
to four, without *balsam of agreement. It is
generally understood that this sight were foe the
plaintiff, and that if the damages had be= capable
of reduction, se in the Telegraph action, • win.
poinies betweea the jurymen would most likely
have been arrived at by this proosea Tb. diver-
sion of opinion among the Jurors only reflects that
of the public with reop.otlo Risk Allah, and there
enema no more chance of general agreement in the
lalnar than in the farmer ern

AB s proof that war is not imminent on the Con-
tinent, we may mention that the Emperor of the
Preach has ordered that as large • number of troops
as possible shall be sent home on six months' for-
lough after the general inspection. M. flautist in
cdruing the debate on the budget, said that in the
eyes of France peace was the great condition of
civilisation and war a great calamity. The Govern.
ment, lie said, was at one with the opposition and
with the majority in its desire for pesos.
Berm) Beast has despatched a note to the Papal
Court in reply to the recent allocution of the Pope.
It protests against the unjnetiliable interfereooe of
his Moline.' in the proviso* of home legislation, and
throws upon the Court of Rome the reeponaibility of
any acts that may arise from the surfing up of
religious pastime.

The sonlversery of the declaration of American
isdopendenee wa• celebrated on Saturday with the
usual amount of 'pooh-making and festivity. To
osark tbe 000nsioo, President Johnioa limed • pro.
alarnation pardoning all participants in Lb. Southern
robellion, exoepting those who have been indicted
for treason-felony.