The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-07-31 00:00:00

THE
_DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAU GAZETTE, TUESDAY, JUL, 94
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DORCHERfER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

The annual dinner of the above society took plain
MA &Corday at the Antelope Hotel. when there
was • good attendance. The Hon. W. H. B. Port-
man, 1i1.P., mended, sad Mr. G. J. Andrews
the vioi-chair. The 00.13Pany ineMed
71.1loyer, M. I'., the Rev. K. W. Fein, Mr.
I G. J. Wood, Er. J. F. Hodges, Mr. Cockeratn, Mr.
H. Uwe°, Mr. Gelpin, Mr. H. Grime, Mr. A. J.
Pitt%ld, Mr. T. Smindstv, Mr. J. F.ioks, Mr. H. N.
Howard, Mr. .1. Groves, Mr. L Groves, Mr. L.
Groves, jan., Mr. A. J. Smith, Mr. Harris, Mr. J.
&Landers, Mr. Jogeph Sounders, Mr. T. Homer,
Mr. J. Symes, Mr. W. Hill, Mr. cisothibe, Hr. H.
Mayo, Mr. T. C. Maunder*, Mr. J. Mayo, Mr. E.
Harding, Mr. W. Paull, Mr. H. Fowler, Mr. Dodge,
Mr. King, and Mr. J. A. Damen. An excellent
dinner was sem...lop by Mt. and Mrs. Gardiner.
Ou the conclusion of Ow repast, the labourers,
who bad bees awarded prism in connection with the
society during the past year, and had just finished
an excellent and substantial repast in another part
of the hotel, entered the loom to receive them.
The awards were distributed by the hon. sec. (Mr.
G. J. Andrews) as follows:

La BOVILIAL
To the labourer in husbandry, serest of • member
or his widow,who 441 have brcught upend maintained
the greatest number of legitimate children with the
least proportion of parochial relief, and who has re-
tained • good etrraoter, £2; Edmund Hanaford, servant
t, Mr. Rieltard Gangs —9 children medical attendatioe
only.
To the laboarer In husbandry, servant of member
or his widow who shall have worked the greste.t nom.
her of years In simortsion upon the same farm, or with
the same master, nob number of yearn to be computed
from,tbe time snob labourer attained the &rie of 16, sod
idio has retained • good character, £2; William Sao-
som, servant to Mr. H. J. J. Cockcrow, 46 years.
To the labourer in lin•bandry, not eamoding 50 years
of age, servant of • member or his widow, who shall
have worked upon the same farm, or with the same
master or laileresa, the greater; number of years in sue.
Cession, sriz.h ember of years to be computed from the
tune such labourer attained the ate of 16, and who has
retained • good character, £2 ; Charles Fos, orrant to
Lord Digby, 33 years.
To the Mbourey in husbandry, not eseeedin,s 35 yens
of vio, servant of a smother or his widow, who shall
have worked the greettect number of years in sumorion
upon the same farm, or with the 1/&010 master or ml's-
tress, such number of years to he computed fiv a the
time such labourer attained the age of 18, and who 11.
retained 'rood character, 12; William Eveleigh,
to Mr. A. J. !Weld, 17 year.
To the man-servant of • member or hie widow, who
baa &edam greased number of years in anonewdon in
one service, with a good character, £2; William White,
servant to Yr. A. J. Pitlield, 16 years and 9 months.
To the wornan-earmot, not esceeding 30 years of age,
of • member or his widow, who has lived the greatest
number of years in snoceesi in loon, service, with a good
ebarieter, loooora Pturmey, servant to Mr. 0. J.
Aodrewa, syrs. Im. 116Iya.

eulogy of their oonnty members on his part would be
not only 'superfluous, hut almost impertinent The
men, their obaraotars, their work, were all before
them; but becould not sit down without ex preemie' his
feeling that the agriculturists never needed more
than at the present time, the eervices of the °aunty
Cod borough members, since there were two or three
very important roestions to them at prevent un-
settled, and to which they were looking with WY
greatest interest and attract!. He bad pleasure in
proposing '' the health of the county and borough
metttbees of Dorset"— (applause).

The Hon. W. If. H. PcgrLag, II P. in reerintellnie
mi 4 be begged to thank thews fie the enrdial way
which they had received the toast Mr. Wood IssablY
and kindly proposed. Ile could snore trent thatthe felt
the honour they had conferrel Open him by eletillne him
one of there wont, members Inert theele, inri It would
&Inset be his chief desire to do everything in his power
to promote the wishes and edvaatage of the sericulture]
portion of this county. Dorsal was purely an area-
tonal county, and certainly the advantage of the farmer
ems the neat thing to be thought of in whet he might
cell the home legislation of the ceentry -(heir, hear.)
There were so many aubjeeta of very great importanoe
*hick had been before the public since the last tim • lie
•ildreseed • meeting in Dercheeter-which he hell-vsl
was in the beginning of June, HIM-that it w.UI really
dilleult for him to choose amongst them, as each one of
itself would be an topic for a tpeech far longer
than any he shoal feel it right le mate on the present
othaeion. It world be enough for Ilea to mention
}reform, Binderies., the Paulen., the War in Europe,
end many other topics, each, of which were of the highest
importence. If they would allow him to address a few
oheereations to them, he would endeareer not tel say
anything which might hurt the feelibis of say of them,
a the feelings of his honourable friend (111 e. Floyeth
Ile would begin with a few words about Reform. He
was • supporter of the teem of Reform-one of those
on the lotion side on a e,rtain evening lest June. the
oinequenee of which was that any friends of his in the
county of Dorset, who knew some old woman for whom
they wanted an appointment in connection with the post-
ale., or • sitostion for her sou in the Customs, most
alter the address of their letters front himself to Mr.
Vloyer or Mr. 8 nrt-(lattgl.ter). In the course of the
last seven yews he had written a 'mitt many
letters in their service, and if the transfer-
eine of that duty were the only consequence of
the chugs in the Government he hat indicated, ha
should be quite satisfied with it for the short space of
time he thought the Conservative party would requiters
in oillee-(lasghter). flat though he was Reformer.
he could wear* then, that he was not a supporter of
it,. Edmund Beales-(hear, bear). He e mid not under-
stand how any man haring the slightest claim to
ittrealwit,i.esy
Mr
pallll.oll.odr
tretnicir. senilicioano l;!ibdelciobave in
in
London. It • did not 1111101 to thro• any slur on those
who were in earnest Upon the quetion of Reform, for
no doubt there were amongst theni many right thinking
men and many who would be the leet in the world to
deers to foment and make • public disturbance • hot if
Mr. Beale, sod big friends had used an diseeetion, or
given the matter a le* minetes thought, they must
have known perfectly well that • meeting such is .
they organised would base brought temither what were
called "the deogerous themes" of London the thieves,
rollers, end scum of that great eity, apt that they
would tam the opportunity such an •••embinge afforded
of having • row velth their natural enemies the pollee;
and, In doing that the "rowels." hut succeeded. It
was said Mr. Bernie. got • thump on the head also with
• stick -(lsughter and a voles "Peeved him right.")
He suite agreed with that remark. But he considered
• mistake was made in regard to the matter by the
Home Oftroe. He thought the beet course for them to
have adopted was to refuse edmittanee to Mr. Beale.
and the procession, see when they had been suecesefully
headed to have opened the gates and let the petiole in.
Had that have been done he thought there would have
been no diettirbence. Another error was having any
force at all, or else not havi ig enough. If the fitment.
meat had determined to resist they should hews called
outs large force, and put down the movement with •
high hand. A policeman was • more accessible being
than a soldier mounted on horseback. There were
al ways many in a mob ready to unmeant their strength and
also able to cope alibi polie.lear, bqt wheq tbey had
to deal with a Man mounted on • long -lo)led horse they
would soon get out of his way, for they disliked having
a house's shoe on their feet, or • flick in the face with •
horse's tail-.-(laughter). He believed that If they had
nailed outs large force of soldier. there would have been
Inca dieturbenee and leas misehief done, for he had seen
largeseowdaquicklydiapereed by half a demo of the Home
Ourds-(heer, hear). Now with regard to the cattle
plague-and he could aware them that noose felt the lee
portieres of the subj set in agreater degree. or sy %Nabbed
more deeply with those who had earered than he did,
and he heeded LbeiE to tesieve that nothing of what
he laid, would be raid in levity, or by way of welting to
itioithish the dreadful nature of the indiction which hal
befallen this errantry. He felt sure they woeld forgive
hi,, if be relate •I onsi or two curlout ante-doted on the
matter. It uses aubject of enneidershie interest in this
county, when so many foxhoents are kept. eta he saw
so many fees around him of those *ho were drawn with
loin mithy times daring the winter to one common
centre, by •nnouncement• in the public prints, and be
was sure they would like to hear the thereinto he Was
about WWII. In the coda.' rata, where fox-hunting
flouriale I, there warn a cistern long straggling village,
having (on, or See farce yards in whieh cattle were
kept. A fox ran into the first, in which it happened the
cutler plague was raging, and passed through every one
of them, in its ethereal through the village. The hounds
followed, and remained, of course, a little time in each
place. He was told of this by a brother...totem el his,
who was • good sportsman and Fonda agriculture. That
gee Ligurian watched tee ease thee eighty, and he told him
that in rose of the other farm yetis bad the mite
plague appeared up to the present time. Thee he
thought, pretty °undesired, prove/ hounds in chase
were not likely to carry infectioo-(applessei). But he
thought there was the danpr of hounds thet had been
kept about Winn, Ober, the rattle plague war raging, or
hound poppies that had wandered about for two or tnree
months, bilaging the cattle plague into any district.
lie heard • curious instance of the way in which cattle
pique was brought into • farm, at least there was no
other means of amounting for it. A fender on what was
celled the forest of Nottinghamshire had not bought
any beast between July and December, nor had brute
beer driven serum, his farm, nor her be done scything
u for ash, could Judge, to bring the cattle plague among
his bouts, but it broke out on his farm in December.
The two nest attacks I were them he had bought a • cattle
j•ibeer in July. The plague went through his herd,
and he lost spme by Mather, and othere of coterie, by
slaughter. The only way he attempted to account for
the spear-urea of the elegem was through • tame deer,
which was the habit of wandering shout other farm.
yaids in the neighbourhood. and he ueertaine I that it
het frequently been upon one or two farina four or fire
miles distant, where the cattle plague existed ; of Doane
the poor deer was killed. It was still • nomt point
whether the die *le was carried in that way, or whether it
was in the air, but, he thought, in thee eau they might
remonsibly infer the deer Carried the infretioo- (hear,
bear). He heard a story two or three days ago •h.ch
partook more of the Indicrotta than the preceding ones.
He was toll coming up (rota Doyen that a near neigh-
bour of his at Boa...tone heel bought sem snlinale
only about three weeks ago from Mr. Blake's feria at
South Petherten, where the cattle plague had mini'
fe.ited Woolf in • very virulent form. Is consequence
of this he naturally felt somewhat ausinua. ati the potent
was supposed to extend a radius of eagerly • mile, to
know if the enimala bad been phased In cruerantiee, so
yelterday afternoon he rode over to maim Inquiet...
Ile was rue fret by the tenant with • far more smiling
lace than could he expected under the elemental's...
end I.e told hen that :ee from guying ins miss. ton:.
week. ago, they were purchased twelve months since,
and that all anxiety was qate ttnneeeseary and
without foundation. He wee met by Mr.
Richard Warren, Kr. Henry Foote'', and ethers%
at Blendford 'tithes that Morning with very
lone faces, for they were perfectly convinced that
the cattle plague had got into their neighbourhood-'
(laughter). He was sorry to beer that day there were
supposed to be other oases at Corte Guile, bet he
hoped it was not no, and, judgiag from the expertise.
which Eastland bid bed of the rinderOest hitt century,
when Doriet, and he believed Somerset, *ere the two
last solution where it existed daring these 12 years,
be trusted that now it had appeared in Dorset they
were about to see the end of It In this country, and
might not suffer from It Loather winter -(hear, hear).
It wan cartons to note how dietritan ii, nue brioneh of
trade eee.ea a rise in another. He was told the other
de) by • Cheshire squire that since they had list their
thttle In that aunty, • wonderful impetus had been
giallo to the goat trade, ialorouth that • goat worth 10..
in Ireland now, when the hint& in Liverpool Is of the
value of el. He hied a book given to him by far
Bering, brotheriln-leer to Mr. Start, which he had
oo:elitist from old works of the last century, cad it was
singular to observe how readily the rinderpest, as it
appeared now, resembled that which raged in 1745-no
means were discovered to etop it, which was the ease
nrw, and thoneh a few animals reuieered, there was no
real specific except the jeleele, just se at the present
time. Vet he war disposed to think that a considerable
Per oentage of animals had been killed unnecessarily.
It was remarkable that the same precautions had been
taken-isolation, drawing • line round tbe infect&
date ate, be., indeed, we weaned to hive weeked on the
model of those days (bear, hear). He would now say
• few words about the ahem all felt • short time ago,
narrowing the prospect of things in Ireland. Ile thought
England owed a great debt of eratitede to our American
oeueins, for the way they behaved in regale' to the
Fenian di•turbsuou. A portion of them might ban
felt some oneness with us for allowing ironclad. to be
cent to the Southerners, hut he must say that the lead-
ere men of America had behaved web a spirit of
thorough fairam• and cordiality, and as soon u the
rearms really showed therneelves, they laid • strong
hand upon them, and preemrted our being disturbed
any mote from their territory - (applause). He
could only say, in answer to some remarks
mole by Mr. Wood, that the two or three
questions to which he alluded would always receive the
earnest attention of the county members, tf they would
only be kind enough beery to expose, their view, and
wishes -for it was impoesible for them living in London
if they dil not hear from their constituents, or see by
the public papers what they said and thouithr, to know
exactly what to do; they might think them indifferent
to the sabjeue before the Heuer, and acting only on
their own juternents unielleeneed by any communist-
Lion from them, while wishing to do what was right,
isaight unfortunately do exactly what was wrong. There-
fore, he alway• made a point of reading the reports of
the proceedings not only of the Doithester Farmers'
'lob, but of all the other clubs intim county, He con-
eidered those reports wen, very valuable to himself and
his colleagues is indicating to them the state of publia
(owing in the county, and he f de obliged not only to the '
peewee who intredueed such selects, but also for the
careful reports glven In the papers oa Tuesday and
Thursday each week, whereby they were enabled to
steer their course, and meet the wisher and feelings of
their eoustituente Ile had had the honour of a seat in
Parliament for 14 years. and had only twice for a short
lime oat each commeen, had the premiere of sitting on the
Opposition side of the Home of Commons, and neat
Monday night I • iaterided going to London. and be
should treat biter!! to • seat as near as porrsible to that
km bon. tripod Mr. Floyer till lately occupied. They
el' elm. of gerbille ,CMPlarriftwat which when it !intend
PP^omØloth EY friss& and rippoisside email ii nonild
net Instill weds; bgt It soled Int may yeirs ; and,

looking at the dittrenees on sonseinsisulaj.ecteverwylipie,l.l
he believed they would do, they Peeibly
hvoaciledhieuamode.gsm.dt thesLiwbradlap4aretnythei, hertirs.glitadthztoiyl.huis.
remain in °Moe • much longer purled than they them-
Pelves probably ambleipated. lie believed that b. teem
the two parties of the state, eettieg aside one or two
particular questiOns, tht te would he very Pitt .tifter-
tenet
toits Maurice le the bit.lneoi of the
natlon wou'd be weidueud. No doubt the lead gix
principle in lonic affairs mesa be ams.intereentiou 1
soil b'n.tialitY—to do what they could by diplomacy, I
neigh, tilt's, [Mimi it terre ilect.ii.op for the boatel, r
osiu.s.incoht,Let.ob.ort anrolsyt.beumarduallo:iediu
6uhp.
eotintt in incht tnalteht addoineelle ...her he had no
doubt but that the name Caere', weeld be till fwftl
by
the present Geyer/uncut a. tel been taken by hist
whim. plececied It. Doubtleei all ntlY
public men were
guided by the muse feelings whether they Eat tation eine
side of the Home or the other—all deairing to do what
was best to promote the welfereend support the honour
and integrity of the Bejaish empire —(applause). lie
drank all their good, hOILION soul falOriked them fur so
patently listening to hint —(elepera).
Mr. J. btoyea,l6l.l;., silt' he felt thet an eittra
burden had had been phosed upon himself in respoedel
to the toast, although the presence of hie boo. colleague!
filhureatotrthane aenit:tnltieyved from having to niters thimk.
been pleased to place the borough member. epee their ,
shoulders ou the preseet occuion. which USA A load he
upon
hmeaern,the.ricd
6waltsibcteh
rao).ineuldiruetv. doeovaolbveal
felt quite inadequate to audain as it shoulii be done.
Hut, he believed that ant only would his good friend
sod eolleague—Mr. Gerrard Stet t h.ve been most happy
had he been Able Magma to have reterind thank. for
the honour conferred mem ban, but that the borough
member. *mild be the more gratided do so inasmuch
as their health was not often proposed at • meeting like
that. 1 voice never come.") They had had
Lient•Col. Napier Start, one of the member@ for Dor- '
cheeter, u tin eident of the itai. ty one year, and the I
ether Itorcheater uterrber —Mr. it. B. Sheridan had
been the Preddent in former years ; and they all knew
well the intens.t those gentlemen took in agriculture.
Perhapd the other Wretch member. were not so nearly
connected eith them—they 'represented, probably, more
itemecluattily the trade of the boratilghs Of which they
were the members ; still, without doubt they would all
elem., and truly express the interest they feel in the
pursuit to advocate winch they were met together. lie
was aceustooned to meet them there year alter year, and
to look hack on the year just elap.ted, and on thia mica.
ohon although the put year bad net been marked by
any very great abuses in oar nettled isonetilution,
nee in the poaition in width this country was placed
among the nations of Foram yet it bar: been acooMii
Peeled by events that had exeited the warmest sympa•
Vila; amongst °umbra., and which at the came time
had effected deeply our interests. The war which had
broken out in Germany—and he treated might by Gila
time be said to be oonoluded—hed been, be thought he
might pay, a war of a 111.4 t extraordinary character.
Never in the history of the world, he ehould thi..k.
looking .t the east countriei which were arrayed against
each other, the enotmous armament, brought into
the field, and the great population, thou forces fought
for, had so mighty a war been brought to a conclusion
so rapidly. Ageio, it was an extrtordinary war from
the mulls which in that short time were produced.
The crowning stone had been set to that which be
trusted might become • gl..ri a, edidee of Italian free-
dom and sovereignty. Crest changes had been effected
by it in the oil empire of Germany ; that empire
seemed to be ;musing away from the hands of the family
whish bad held it now for centuries—not, indeed, I
teeing as an empire, but as to He authority and power,
into the hand, of • caniparetively young and ambitions
nation; and in that eirouinstance, a. thoutht, the
feeling of England had been stroegly enlisted, not
geoerally,be believed with any OOD.lepent of sympathy or
strong adiniratiou for those with had been the
prime movers and abettors of the war, be-
cause they could not but look back to its
origin, and, however much they might admire the
great talents and ability with which the struggle had
been conducted, they could hardly feel that the war was
b gun upon principles of strict justice —(applause).
But, whatever they might think of the movers and
powers that originated the war, he believed there was but
on* viols an this great 'Podiatry In regain to it, vit., ,
that the sureringa through Which the Gornith pathos ,
we, miming might now terminate, and that the war
might work out for the good of that kindred people—
for they were • kindred posile to England, and that in
renovated o..rmany they might see a atrong power, and
one likely to insure the permaniint peace of Europe—
(applause). Again he tbotsight this ear was extraordi.,
nary from iti results in a strictly a:Alit:it point of view.
It had revolutionised the arms of the infantry of Europe.
The Government were now busily engaged, as they
knew, in converting the Enfield rides of the oriny into
Senider breechloaders. acid • ompplementary estimate
had recently been Introduced into the Hoses of
Commons to effeet, that important obj-et. and he quite
concurred with his hos. friend in the belitt that that
weapon when completed would be inferior to none
omonitat the sons of any country— (applause). Farther
Ie believed this war *evil bring to pus results of afar
mote eftentive character in relation to Al. army. What
had been the sys'em of military drill and emseises how
for a tine years past? It had been to promote to the
Almost egtent secereav of .aism at very great distances.
What had Leen the lessou we hail learnt—he believed
he might say IVO had learnt—from the late war in
Germany! It had bees thi.. that thecae was attribut-
able in gnat battlea to rapidity of Are at comparatively
ohms detentes. He did not mean by thi, for one
moment to underrate the value of good rid* drill, least
of all far volunteers. He believed that the ride volun-
teers were ad •pted for a particular hied of action, which
required that they should be good marksmen at long
oisenees, which, indeed, they had proved themeelses to
be, and for ouch met vices esthetes there would always be
ample room in warfare. But when the shock of battle Game,
at critical moussaka he believe lit bad now been proved be-
yond a doubt that rat idity of A re at short distance. was the
great desideratem. TMa wan shown by whet loss a
well-known fact—that in the great German battles •
hole proportion of the allot, fired were delivered not
I from the ghoul ler, but acteally from the hip. Of in
raising the ...kat to the shoulder, and to be effective—
as, without doubt the great majority of them were—
they must have been delivered close lit bend. We
drew that very important leave from the late
engagements, and be did hope that our military
authortties would direct their attention to it
His honourable colleague tad alluded to the
effect produced by the appearance in British waters of
an American war vessel with on nopronomnseable name.
It appeared that as the action of the breeehiloading
inuaketa had effected and would effect • revolution in ,
military operations, nod it did not seem impoestble that
the appearance of that ship would effect 4 revolution in
the marine forces of the country. Bat such • change
would go, he thought, to one's heart. It was something
painful to get ri I of the old thre-•deekere with their
gallant bearing and wide and beautiful white canes', to ,
come down to what they felt then was • great descent
—to steam vessels with their black sooty smoke. cora"
paratively small soils, and the inferior ap •4111,1 C which I
characterieed the steamer, but it would be still more
painful, he thought—yet, if it were necessary, it must I
be done —to come to ouch miserable looking ships as he
fan•-ied that American vessel was. But thet ear, a
case for inquiry, and in it aie in all others the old WAX im
wa. the true guele—" Prove everetbleg, hold feet thet
which i. good"—(anplans..). In the House of COMOIOne
they had bees oecupted—he only came home yes.
ter4.y —let the last nix months, with the ea. melon of
about • fortnight, when they had • holiday on account of
eircumetanoes at which his hon. colleague had as kindly
and humoroeslyglanced. Still, excepting ordieary busi-
ness—audio, the ways and means, whit& was always •
necesiary part is all proceedings, end KM* felt not very
t— tirtant athletes, yet, practically speaking, he hoped
.....
they would prove very red obi, in every way, the I
whole merlon had been spent in discussing two greet ,
aubjeete. bast Teat, when he bad the honour at meet-
log them he ventured to eomplein—fee which he ean
rattier taken to task by the leading jot real of the day
—that agriculture and agriculteral topics had not occu-
pied ninth of the attention of Parliament. He could
not make that complaiet this year. On the Ant night
no sooner had her Majesty's griadiode specialu butt read
and the Honey imeninenced steadily to work, than they
had an arriemltural discussion to the eteleidee Of altottet
every otner topic in the Queen's seemlb, and that di..
cumion about the cattle plague was maiiitained and
for at least six weeks. Certaiely the considera-
tion given to the subject was no more than was due to
it; foe, beaten it deeply affected one of the most
Important—if net the moat important Interest in the
country, and also every person fie the land who
ate meat, and, thank God, that now included a rely
large proportion of the people of England. The
discussion washing the cattle plague lasted some time
and at length a Bill was pared, gad be believed they
*mild agree with him that the time at the legislature
was not thrown away, for, thou who had real the
weekly tattle plague rehires, would be aware that the
very week the measures enforced by the Cathie Diorume
Prevention Act Were brought into operation, the Hader-
peet, shish had steadily intimated In the country up to
that time began it ditifinu.h ; and he wee, thenkful to
say that with the exceptioa of one or two little dial:tr-
ines, bed decreased ever singe. He thought it wan'
therefore net too mot% to lay—under • sense of the
Diviae blessing on their eadeavoure—that the meamres
adopted by the legislature had in • great degree been the
means of reducing to a somparative limited •xtmit, that
terrible plague among our cattle. The legislature went
on to consider • Bill for the purpose of regulating minor
matters in unnection with the means to be takes to ,
cheek the disease. Now be always thought that sash I
minor onatteta were better left to be dealt with by the '
several districts in each county, and be endeavoured to
get Dorset, exempted from the opts/aloe of that measure,
but the Bill was ultimateli dropped ; yet, he had this
Putillealion for the octane he took aed for Waking that
the management of the Court of Quarter Serious was at
least ae good as that of any other authority for homing
regulations in regard to the disease—that during the time
the county was under the rules issued by the Court
of Quarter Sessions, he believed, not a single cue of
rinderpeet warred in it, though at other time, there
had been outbreaks in different parts of Dorset. H.
should be very sorry to claim for the regulation, of the
Court any more credit than they wets fairly sethled
to; but he believed that In this, as In other matter',
ill* Di•ino blowiug reined on honest and hearty ender.
wears, sad we had been so far blessed in this *musty
that wherever the plague had broke out, it bad been
matted, imagined to such particular 'note. He trusted
that such would matinee to be the ems, and that
this county might i ctor, am hitherto it had for the
moat putt done, from the ravages of that terrible dis-
ease—(bear, hear). Another important matter with
whisk they bed berm ocoupied In Parliament was the peat
to
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altogether wasted, although no statutory enactments
himself that when they catered pan the 'der -
of the eubjeet was very ins-
in sbdHo,.sangetheend byaid heeteh:bsiezublesriebeam"vjaPreifelew:dtlatthabe:dncutrur.tTatbutieriihe:ve would
make the mime esufession. The info skims
which
were moved for sad laid upon the table of
the House of Commons, bad beim of the m
valeable description. they 'hewed a Veld emu fut."
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many.

ore before had any Idea lit all. The consequence Vol
that if Government—though, with regard to It, of enures
he weld way nothing chaterer—should think fit 43
bring a Reform Bill into the lower bones of Parliament
another ereino, the Roses would be able to sportier:di
the aulsjoet with IMMO&ly greeter advantages th•• they
h.d ever •pproaclied It ars, and if Parliament heel to
deal •itb the question. hi thoneb, t they lesist he able to
do so In a scanner grilse • .041 give eat •ValitlOn to the
country •t large— (hear, Lew). lit if that nese to he
therms. it must not he—as he feared had been aft... Raided
by nose, he would not way marry. within the lost w. ek or
teo—tinder the pre 41 intimid•ti et—(icer, hear).
14,41.10 g could he mire fatal than to enter int., it WWI
any (riling • f atom. or any sentiment of jog
obliged CI pavli that which the main lio Iv.- the majority
at least of the House a Commons did not believe in
their hearts, Was the best course to be •dorisi
happloueP namely. the riots in bowfin Its I received
but very MI6 sympathy—he helieverh be might vas,
hardly any syrripailif r t all front tom and
' honeat Reformers— (hear, Isear. Tin 9 *ere the
result, almost exclusively, to bit hoo. cslleste.:
had said, of • large millibar ..1 people b log
hrintlfht torether by that el he thought most •nforte•
nate proposition to hold . meeting in II y.•e P•rk. Who
the originators of that eitvtia4 retired, the mot, pro-
civirlerl to 'Adam, wits of vioi, on.ltl r peolle of Lon-
don .1111 for &tune very whittle d starer, I. Ile hoi ed,
however, that had all now passisl aeoy. Dot th• re
were us Meru connected with it which one e tell red. ed
will. Mel ben othe•wise. Ili. ...... weld, (mord had
said that if other stops hol hest token he thought the
damage to the park and tho isijo•y re ',Wile peme and
fivrling might not I. tee been sogrest. Of c Arse lie was
allowed to say that bulging aft. r an event hail Impeeed
*as always more easy than al.dng so before it
o-crirred ; and lie was ears that the Oovernmont
while they were desirous of giving the ampl-at
oppvrtuuity for the public diesessirm of Reform
or any other question occupying the public
mind, they Ware &benighted to maintain the public
peso',; and he hoped that lirsie Park, which he believed
entry one who had rode, driven, or enact through,
would admit—thanas to lir. Cowper,h'shot. oulleaggehi
friend in sweat measure—bad been immensely improved
of late years, would &retinue to be both an ornament
.nd a anemia( health and recreation to the community
at large (hear, hear). Ho heel attended the
meetings of this society for many years, and
when re had been speaking of possible Aeneas
in the future and the Changes arhieh had taken
plate, there was one in which he was thankfarl to say
he saw no change, and that wag in the kind, generous.
fiiendly realities they were always pleased to give to
him—(kear hem). It was now 20 'non since when be
entered into their =melee. Ille had not alweira being
engaged in the same kind of service, bat it woo a great
lemons to him to be received as they remove! him.
It wan he could &more them one of the most cherished
liomsaions which be Ii 01, and it was a full reward for
those toils and snider*. which are inseparable in a
greater or less degree from all public life—(isod
applause).
The Caateican then proposed "The Mayor and Cur.
poration of Dorchester."
Mr Councillor ANDIteWe responded.
Ti.. health of the newly-elected patron of the Satiety
—Lori Digby. was then given from the chair, and it WA
heartily r.eelved.
Mr. FLOTIII prepared "The health of the Chairman,"
sad it was rem tally drunk. . . . . . .

I. roc °odour., kl. POWIWur remedied that he had
come from Nottinghamshire eilecielly to stirred th s
meeting. Ile told a story illestrative of love of c..unty,
and at the same time in pra'se of Donut. Two tenant
formers cf Devon, who had remedy been through
Dorset, on returning home, said to • friend of his
"Door me, how ever Con anstiody (21111 in such • poor
' county lin Dorset, I can't think f'—(langhter). For hirm
sell, he felt satisfied that if those gentlemen were to
oome into this county they would be able to learn some-
thing. He had litelv goes through • oonsiderable
riortl/n of Devon, and he was never before so impressed
wbh feelings of pride and satisfaction that he belonged
to Dorset—(hmer, hear, and laughter). In oonclesion.
he pri.poied "The health of the Committee of the
Society."
Mr. J. Hoorn briedy responded.
The COAIIIMaII then proposed "Th. health of the
Hon. Secretory," which wee warmly received.
111.. G. J. ANDILEWS acknowledged the compliment in
his allu.l geoid' manner.
"Toe Press" Wes propoeed in complimentary terme
by the Chairmen, and was duly respwled to.
I This oomph fed the Hat of taste, end shortly after the
compsoy separated, having had a very pleasant meeting
from lbsginoiug to end.

ettlesinoUtal inttllistnct.

TIM Rev. W. Arthur ha. he-n eleatvl presiJent of thc
We.leysg Cenference, god the Rev. J. Farrar, secretary.
THII right of bishops to refuse imelirmation to earth-
.
dam merely on acc not of thtir age, wtoch deems
by the High Church partv, atseit to iss tuded by
legal proceedings miesest the flishop of Latham. ltr.
Bering refused the rite to thirty bibo candidates; who
had hems prepared and pr. acetic! by the re tor .1
Bemborough, because they were under tfte,e years
el

A LoNDON CORRESPONDENT UTE that siC'hrist Chord%
Clei.h.m...f which Ir. Itradicy -Abbott is the incumbent
II is customary el. saints' days. aid, I b beet, oo ,uuitays,
c•lehr.dc the Iluly Votutouiiii.ti at noon without a.,y
ihomaidemith lrhs idea is that ell p•-rsias ought t..
bare wiaininowatal is the monde.; butting, at the "Ism
aelebiateuo.." while at time " high relebrativs " the reboil
a'oue eouttatiacatee, and the laiiy adore.