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The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-04-13

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A Dzsorhommnv4,!wtaroTwTailiAwt:chs4.—edi ww-st
thlattdod pothwomwaourar
on
I
Friday, before Dr. Drew (chairman) J. E. R
Esq., and H. Remit, &q., with being drunk
oonunitting wilful damage to a window at the Notion
Inn on the previous day —Hrs. Fenn the landlady,
odd the defendant cam* into the house the worse for
drink. He was baring some words with another man,
and upon herizaleri him he .truck the other and
knocked his h the window. The damage
done amounted to Ts. —P.O. Sullen said he was
sent for to go to the Nelson. The defendant was them
with two others. Hs was drunk, and be took him in
custody for breaking the window.—Fined Is. s 4
mete and to pay the damage, or 14 days' bard labour,
—Re asked for time to pay.—Dr. Drew We don't
give credit here; ours is a ;goody-mousy budass.-11.•
was removed tq oweitedz,

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PORTLAJED.
LOCAL BOARD BLBCIIOI.—The following gentlemen
have been sleeted on this Board i—Mr. . Limo.
820; Mr. J. Hodder, 546; Kr. T. Comben, 434; Mr.
J. Bmiven, 397; Kr. Rickard B. Horiren, 396; Mr,
W. Attwooll, 368; Mr. W. Comben, 368. The other
gentlemen nominated wens Kr. F. PRAMS, jon., Mr.
It. J. Pearce, Mr. W. L Pearce, hir, J.
sad Mr. R. Otter,

fitlllAY'S ELSOTION&

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South Lutarkshire
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Galas Galas
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Not Liberal galas ...

• singular mad saMelmerst hob la Met siataltamemiely
with dowatall of the Memergeld Government we
=receive front all quarters intelligsam al the revival
The oar day at the annual
01 lb. EZ
kw cTtonum trap-making company the
=a TM &maw selling priceM
stated, had bees lb- led below the previous yeses
prks ; but the Chairman observed that " the works which
Mead rM all LA year were now restored." Speculatioa
is to the mune of legislation am, be safely dismissed
until we see what the new Cab net Ia On this mint the
probability is that that. will be • coefereaos in London,
as goon &a the county elections are well over, and that sa
t will be come to whereby, in the mat of Mr.
set taking prime Mike. the Govereateat will
maisin • suaolant representation of the Sir Charles
Dllke and Mr. Fawcett school of politician
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-04-13

Cobut Egli 40 Strut edicts.

I believe that my remarks thia week We b°
looked forward to by many good Liberal*, bet I
not much to tell my readers beyond what theyaloi,
know relative to the late election.

,
All gond Liberals are asking this qt.mtion—"l'"
better to be disgraced and not defeated, .4. ,40*.lij
and not disgraced ? " If the Liberal party d frol'
it has the consolation of knowing that it is sot
graced.

• ir
Then we will &mime that the Tory part/ s
graced. No, it is not ; but residers of the ree9l°ll,4
the next few months will be in a position to 01'
long this assertion holds good.

Are we to petition against Mr. Schreiber for hit":
Well, it's not very ofti.n that a can.li.late far Po;
menta ry honours bribes his .n4itQ.ott.l- it !Srld •
believe Mr. Schreiber to be a sen.ible teas.
War lly expect that be himself had lw.en VIOL ty
miedeameanor, but as to his party, the lea
better.

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feet of Comford,
Look at Poole now. humiliate, hid
and tell me, you of
unprincipled blacliguarls who brute %our 1044
thoee twob°;:o
Mr. Waring, bow you Hie the proopeut

cet
For the future I woohl have the Poole elociicaso
ducted on the following principle t-15.41'
mean each voter devoid of principle and lowa/100
sell his vote by auction to the highest bidder,
_AA
candidate who will not bid the highest for the Mae
of votes should gracefully retire sod save hi, "
expenses.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-04-13

-171s-stre,-noW, 'my de;r boy, put out the lights, and don't
wake me till the row's over and the returns balanced I

A MORAL SONG—(FOR ELECTION TIME)
(After Doctor Mau.)

Tie the voice of Britannia, I heard her explain—
"l'm wide awake flow. I won't slumber again;
As Materfamilias, once dat of bed,
I must sack my lete servants, and turn off their head.
" A little more sleep, and a little more 'limber,
And my wars, big and little, had grown out of number;
Over vanishing trade I'd have had to fold hands,
Perplexed, not with orders, but debtors demands.
" I passed Jingo's Music Hall, lit with blue are,
That on Russia's big bogey bland higher and higher,
I heard • Rats Britemsia saw waving of sags,
With a great deal by way of bounce, bunkum, and
breg's
" I called upon Jingo as hoping to end,
Common sense had found access at length, to his mind,
But he told me his dreams, talked as if he'd been drink-
Foine reads the D. T., and has long given op thinking.
" Then, said Punish to John Bull, rousts's* warning, J.
8.,
This Jingo's a picture of what we might be'
But thanks to our Mende for the care of our breeding.
Who warned us, betimes, the D. P. against reading."
THE PREMIER'S PROBLEM.
He took a reckless Resolution,
And doubtless, now, to his confusion,
Dissy's Solution, Dissolution,
Ha/ proved but Dissy's Disillusion
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-04-13

DORCHESTER
SATURDAY i.uktTlA MARKET.

At Mr. Ensor's sale to-day there were over
beasts, and 800 sheep, and with a large attemomc
trade was brisk throughout, with an upward tendency
for all descripidons of stock. About 65 heifen
calves were offered, and those ef best quality mad.
from gyp to £26, second quality, £l3 104 to Liu
barreners, best, from £3O to £34 10e ; second ditto, ai
to £2B; and a very good lot of prime fat built sold
remarkably well, fetching from £l5 to £2B each. Fir
beef made 14s 64 to 15,64 per score, fat wethen, itot,
and ewes, 94 per lb., lamb, Ild to 1., store hop mufao
at from 40. to 45e. Veal sold briskly. A larp emu.
her of horses and Implements were offered by the
executors of the late Mr. Smith, of Bradford, and mr.
Joseph Homer; and horses from the former mold et
from 34p. to 40gs., and the latter 23gs. to 39ge. Then
being • large attendance of buyers, nearly ererythist
was sold.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-04-13

MARK LANK (CLOSING),

Wheat closed heavily ; both English and ford,.
lower than on Monday last. r ,oar shows a doer,' "
&I to la Oate were 64, mars, la to is 6d
Tine barley dandy, inferior very weak. 8066,47 a:
Peat dull.

METROPOLITAN
(Taus DAY.)
1,600 beadto, ilkeluding 25 (argils trade 6d. frui
44 64 to li. 19.000 skimp; trade steady, hoot 4; ei
flo 44. Loss* from is 6d to 94. Calves, frost 44 bh
7.. Pigs, from 36 tto 5d ;or sight pomade. At Dolt.
Iced lbws won 500 boasts and 1000 slump.

DORcHESTER.
SATURDAY'S CORN MARKET.
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The Corn Exchange Warn rather thlalYTttsnial
r;t
whist was ware., and commanded fall tt
etr foreign there was • quiet trade, it
last wea's rates, from 57. to 61s. Seed barn,
mune, and trade quiet, at from Xs to
foreign was worth from 28. to 265. Seed oats ,„„„—•
wart" the nearest value being 27a, and teed oas.
worth 24. to Zs. Beans very scarce, difficult to
and worth from 413 e to 54.; white pas, 42e tobZ:
MAIM, round, 964, and very scarce; flat 30. 3246
Linseed cakes fetched £lO fis to £lO 101 per nn.
ootton seed cakes, a 10s to L'6 16e. Flour, an to th:
Italian rye-grass seed, 481 to 50.; Devon rys rfly.
34. to 46s ; red clover seed of good quality was
and worth from 6d to 8d per lb., whit.
'bike, 10d, trefoil 3d to 4dl sprleg tarn .car
lad
north 74 dr' per bushel. The official re.....5e Kati
the average prices last week am follows :—Wheit.
a 18s 3d; barley, £1 10. figd.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-04-13

FACTS AND /Axons.
__

The ONE TEING NtHDFVL.Yubjobl. London cousin
(surveying country ditto. • Cornish vicar's wife, who hex
been expatiating on the rocks, the waves, the sunsets, the
seals, and other bsauties of the Cornish nand). "And are
there any dressunaken in Cornwall !"
RELIES FOR 1111LAND.—)ticke, pootan (who has
dropped in to see his neighbour, that)' Fuhartys), "Well.
Pat, how are ye going on these times?" Pat Flaherty.
" Illegant I thanks be to the saints! We're feedin three
*gs on the Mansion House, and elle' the Duchess our-
selves IL _

—:I[:Ia.WILONO BOY TIIE WRONG PLACE. —EAR Pompey
J.P. (on discovering that his encase.' it en anPLy
one turned upside down. " What—what is the meaninx
of thle?" The new Pece. " Fast e Hapril sir
[Explodes, and is dismissal with • months wascal
BENJAMIN TO BILITANNIR—NOOO Gbujitis
WHINES FROM THE WOOD.

CAUGHT IN HUGHANDISI PACK, LAST WHIZ AHD THIS.
Here's no mistake about it, Montey, my boy. Somehow
or other as seem to have made • serious misoalculation.
Twenty-five to nine to begin with it heavy odds I—and it
gets worse daily I
I shall advise Salisbury to buy a villa it Nice—and stay
there.
We must be grateful for small mercies—so let us say,
" Thank heaven, Carden Lain for Barnstaple "—lf he can
o his seat
lhkyngdn't I take • Dukedom and a Dissolution after
Berne
. . . . .

It—i;;it least a comfort to reflect that if they come into
°Moe they won't know how to get out of Cyprus, or
Afghanistan either for that matter I
Really, Monte'', if bed news hesps pouring in at this
rate sad nothing falls vacant within the next month, I'm
afraid I shan't be able to do anything for you
Ha, the accounts this evening -are a little brighter I
Countermand that Coronet . .

—Why this is worse and worse I But I always regarded
Nemesis as &notably vulgar goddess.
A " litUe reaction" (214 700 say? Then wire to Lytton
to tell him he.need not take the Poet Laureateship at
Mandalay.
On second thoughts., tell him he would, perhaps, de
better not to give up the notion entirely.
It is to be ho that whatever happen., Smith will
find his naval knowledge eminently useful in criticism
of those other follows. . .
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-04-13

rule.

WHAT 111,1 WORLD HAT&
It I. whispered in the Carlton that my Lord Besoonsitekl
will not advise her Majesty to send for Lord liartingtoe,
but for M. Gladstone.

It is probable that the difficulty about Mr. Gladstone
will be settled in this way : He will become the head of
the new Liberal Government on the understanding that,
after eighteen months or two years, be will make way for
Lord Granville, and retire from Parliament. It is
observed that so Minister could undertake to lead the
House of Commons with Mr. Gladstone sitting behind
him in a position of irresponsible dictatorship. If Mr.
Gladstone is not to be at the head of the Government in
the Lower House he must give up public life, or at any
rate ascend to a position of ban:okra obscurity In the
House of Lords.

Another set of St. Helena willow-slips is going out. it
iiee 11. to Zululand, in addition to that taken by Sir Evert
Wood. The Empress herself haa sonic which did not
c me direct from St. Helena, but from a tree in the
deanery garden at Windsor, which has a curious history.
It is an off-shoot from the celebrated tree at St. Helena
and, like the weird elm ui Sooaweed, has a grim legend
attached to It At the time of the fall of the Empire at
Medan, one great limb of this tree came cradling to the
ground ; and more strange yet last June another bough
Nu off. The tree can be seen from the Public walk on liii
North-terrace, in front of the Naval Knights' lodgings.

It is averred In quarters likely to be well informed on
. the subject that as the time for her departure for South
Africa drew nigh, the Empress Eugenie developed a tardy
reluctant:* to undertake the expedition. and would fain,
even at the eleventh hour, have abandoned it but was
hindered from cluing eo by the etrenuons remonstrance of
the Queen, to whom all along the mournful romance of
the idea has curiously, but not wholly unnaturally,
commended Heel!.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-04-13

PROPAGATING DIZARTXENT.

Alternentherm should now be propagated, and where
there has been • good stock kept through the winter
there will be no difficulty in making up the required
quantities. Yeeembryanthemum oordifolium vanegatum
konig• variegate, griaphalium !mutual, leering lindeni,
Herbstil, coleus of sorts. heliotropes nieremhergi • (mil*
kc., should now be reedy to pot off. Menthe puleginm
gibreltericum should be parted up and planted in boxes
or frames: it will not do without protection in town
before NI iy. Golden feather should now be pricked off
from the seed b..x.a into cold frame* t, orep-iie it for
pleating in its summer quarters: it will repay for the
extra trouble of pricking off. Small-rooted bedding plants,
suck as alternentherm snesembryenthemnim heiotrope,
gnephelium, konigm kc., are far better grown in pots,
for the reason that they transplant better into their
summer quarters than they do when grown in boxes or
wanted out in (roma. Certainly pot. may take up •
little more room and demand • little more labour but I
think they will repay it.—W. Ginsox. Royal Hospital
Gardens, Chelsea, S.W., in Gardeners' CA:aside.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-04-13

SEVEN HUNDRED PERSONS TO BE
BURIED ALIVE, IN BURKAH.

When Mandalay was built, human sacrifice* wen
offered up. A new Monarch usually has a new espitsl.
The evil spirits are irritated that there has been ne
change of capital, the virtue of the old sacrifices beisi
VIM. They have plagued the city with map=
To appease them the astrologers declared it meows/
to offer up 700 livea—men, women, boys, girls, sou sass.
priests, and foreigners. A hundred each of sll rash
were buried alive under the towers of the city walls
An attack was made on the Roman Catholic convent
unsuccawfully. A frightful panic prevails at Meado
lay, and the people are leaving by hundreds. To.day
I. the beginning of the water-feast. It is denied tlat
Rifles illness is small.pex. It is said to be lepresf•
The sacrikes were made by his order. Ths Rajah el
Manipur is preparing reprisals for the late Bunsen
raid.

The Important* of the great Liberal victor/ in
North-East Lancaahire, where the Marquis of Min
ington and Mr. F. W. Grafton have won two wet
may be estimated from the fact that Lord Radioed
has now polled 2,281 votes more than were recorded
for the late Sir James Kay•Shuttleworth, the WO
rthe Liberal candidates at the general election 4
74.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-04-13

THE ADVANCED LIBERAL&

We have every faith in the courage and statesmanship
of Lord Martineau. We utterly scout the idea that Yr.
Gladstone will eove otherwise then • source of etreagth
to the Liberal tioveenment. But theta are not the Daly
elements with which we have to deal. The policy of the
Liberal Administration must in some degree be regulated
by Oa cotopoeition of the Liberal party, and there is every
memo to believe that the Liberal party in the new Room
of Gommons will peeve something very different from
what it has ever been before. The majority that the
country hat oew given lag dui Ministers, mainly Radical
In its composition, is lamely the result of that new demo-
cratic organisation which has its head-quarters at Binning'
ham, sod which ham for the first time received • fair
It gives us • type of politician, which is. in • meteors,
peculiar to itself. Radicalism will have in the new House
of Gunmane representatives of a quality and a fibre that
are new to Westminster. The assertion will be witnessed
of something more than teamster Republicanism and
doctrinaire Democracy. Two of the moat advanced mem-
bers of the Birmingham school, Kr. Jeeps Callings and Kr.
J. B. Wright, have found ooestitnencies willing to accept
them. Mr. Bradlaugh has secured • that et Northampton,
Mr. Rumors IL 1 ...Ma has been socceeraful tat S•lisbury.
Theme Sr. representative names; many others, as .ignigcant
and as formidable, might be mentioned, and in every
Instance the bearers of these names are sent to the House
of Commons with a definite mission to execute and a clear
purpose to fulfil Yoe the first time since the Reform
Act of NC the power of the residuum has made itself felt
at the polling booths. It has been shown that there is •
stratum in the democracy which has no affection for
Toryism of any kind, no respect for tradition, no venera-
tion for setablished institationa The gentlemen in when
this section of the household voters has reposed Its con-
fidence are, in • special sense, the delegates of democracy.
They will attempt to create answers, They will exercise
an active and • persistently turbulent influence. The
truth is simple and must be spoken—the work of last week
brings us • step nearer to that revolution whose throes
*very country in Europe except Ragland has experleaced.
We do not say that peril Ii unavoidable; we do say that
it exists, and that it calla Imperatively for the greatest
resolution and deliberation on the part of the leaden et
the Liberal party. We have every confieleacts that
Liberalism in the hands of men like Lord liertington,
_who
has proved himself • statesman of the first clam. will he
gate, and will condone to the greatness and the prosperity
of the English People.— Vera
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-04-13

LATEST GAINS AND LOSSES.

1413. Cr.

Lib& Gina. Cali-. al";
Cork City • $ MR. .., 1 •
Kildare ... • 11LR ... 9 1
Monmouth Boroughs 1 ... I
Waterford Ceunty 11M.B. 1
Wietoen Boroughs 1 ... 1
Ftwicominon IKE. ...
Crernervonshire 1 ... 1
Bast Derbyshire
Bedfordshire • I ... 1
North Nottinghamshire ... 1 ... 1
8 rude War wickshire ... 1 ... 1
Ayr B outlet' . . ... 1 ... 1
ruth Norfolk .:. ... 1
Berwickshire 1 ... 1
West Cumberland ... ... 1 • ... 1
Sou thili L menhirs ...
Peebles and Srlkirkehlre ... 1
Rsiinor•bi, e 1
N rib Staffordshire 1
Wicklow 211. R. ... 1
On cases where Holes Rulers turn out • Liberal wis
reckon • C rnserratire gain, when &Conservative is turned
out we count a Liberal gain.)

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20
Net gains to Monday ... 58 0

78 2

Nat Liberal gains ...
Thig 'Moire a wide margin for doubtful member.; the
Dmly News making the uet Liberal gain 83.

TOWN GARDENING.
LAWYS lIND SHRUBBERIES.

After three weeks of fine bright weather and a few
refreshing showers, thilugarden is beginning to look as if
there was some life left in it after such • severe winter.
The gram is growing rapidly, the shrubs are bursting their
buds, Ilium candidum is pushing forth its stems, and the
garden will soon be clothed in its proper robe of verdure.
The roller will have to be actively employed until the
mowing commences, when the mowip machine takes
over the mowing and rolling to itself. if
e edge. of walks
should be neatly cut. Shrubberies should have the hoe
run through them at the first opportunity.

BOOS AND DODDERS.
We may now fairly consider that the bedding.out
season has commenced with the planting of edging plants.
First have the edge set up When such plants as oemetium,
veronica, santoline, stallaria, kc., are used, it is essential
that the soil should be pressed firmly round the roots, to
prevent too much drought or wet getting to them. Hardy
annuals should now be sown on borders the ground was
never in better condition than at the present time.
Amongst the following may be found some of the best :
Clarkia slogans. Collinsia bicolor, c. mires, dire
pendula compacta. sortie Lady Albemarle, g. whitneyi,
ralliopeis, each/aloft:is, Inpinus, neroophile, paperer,
saponaria calabrica ; also ornamental grader, agrestis
nebular , a. pulchella, brie.' maxims, b. elegans, eragrostis
elegans, 'runts ovatus, and dips pennata. In sowing
annuals on borders the special things to be studied are
their heights and colours, arranging them in their position
on the border accordingly. It is a good plan to sow them
In • circle 18 inches in diameter or three circles connected,
forming • figure similar to • shamrock leaf. These
circles, or figures, should be placed at irregular distances
along the bor&r, leaving • good spans between them to
fill in with tender annuals or bedding plants when the
season arrive,.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-04-13

DOUSSIMOIITII.

THE FOSSIL LICATES or BOURNEMOUTH.
Deterson II and 01 eif the leading members of the
Geologists' Association visited B mramsouth last week,
who.. among ether matters of loteree, attention was
00 I, the sites when°, Vie magncent collectloes el
boa Mayes have been 1 late year: °Stained. Too whole
distriet is tertiary and the particular beds In which the
Naves have bees fouoi are Egmont as Liner Bembot, the
sgoiveleat of the bode et Bagshot-hesith. The lards its
wooly mark lint the Isom occur in istertialated clay
patches. 111. • matter if print latsst that the etrati-
mogrial parities of the beds sad therefore their geological
ages, ars knows. and this is all the more isthmian% as
this is the only mei bilks whole of Europe in which the
age tertiary bed. containing leaves is knows. it
% is roamed at from Us.character of the beeves
firrelmeiner. the stretigraphical pro .1 of Sill I. perfect,
and, farther. there Is n hentition in recio,ang the
pim-clay band of Alas Bay. also rich in ivaem, ne belong.
lotto the same series. Io fact, the MIMI Bay, and Bairns.
mouth fixes here to be studied together A. di the
hearer, the majority mein excellent preeervat ion, and they
am so numerous that there is no difficulty in selecting
poriect specimens for comparimn wan liring forma
altbongh the gtheral public knows IWO of this flora than
of limey anroad, which have been work id at by special
ex iimiltioss. it Ii me of the moat interesting yet dim•
wired anywhere. At • mahout =watts° of the 11
S corer the Biros yes ivissittitusen reed • paper on "the
Alma Bo ponies of the Elora,' and gave the number of
mows repreeenvd there eie 116 aad the species 174. The
Far mere extensive B inners .uth flora lies not yet hem
sefflciestly worked silt for even it approt.imatiith
of
'umbers lobe given. Among Vie more commonly known
it,... however, there ere met with leaves of poplar, its,
bowel, oar, bee* willow, plass Ig. cinnamon. Maar
rieMaTllsweieur, proem mapte, eucalyptus. thorn, many
plants, fee-malinA yew, hype's, pine, caritu..
moss species of ferns, in Fruit° referar4„ 40 saes • have
bees found is Shipper, and • thvory has bees put for ward
that the well-knows Sheppey fruited mated awey from the
trees of which here le the foliage. Althoush the fact that
fossil Waves did occur in the cliffs was known 40 years
ago, it le only liable the bat few years, and wooden,
from Mr. J. S. °miner, E. 0.13., that they Imes rmeired
mach rittitatiOn.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-04-13

THE DORCHESTIER RUCTION RIOTS.
To eke &Ulm.

think the toss of lir remarks made by yen on
this subject in both the Dorms Comity Ivrea and
nitiffeal is muck to bestirred. Ismer of a
dun upon upon those who sod or comatitted tho dames
rose her en the fad instant, we see hardly anything
evinced but, dere to extenuate th• guilt of the carders,
and instead of • Inn support of the town authorities in
She Ineelons lielireitod to restore order, we find
Dorian but fault. and Marla. It is sad to observe
such • warped • of criticism on tha part of •
journal_ protesting to inners, and gold. public opinion as
that whir =crivilr Mors hasty utterances rano.
trier, this mit of the military r "folly."
lii. lord to breve that any reasonable man &squarer
with the nature of the drurbsisses referred to, sad the
tiger want of other mesas to quell Sher could form sock
an wires, or have the credulity to papyri, that WiteS
would concur in kis judgment.
Such disturber's, as occurred bre on the Ihr instant,
cannot be defended. and it le • very fare liberality whir
will attempt to do so.
It is sot &Mink to ocetosive • type el honest Liberalism,
butUglier's protection against brag led away and
disorganised by the indoor, on Ocirerration of pereonal
abuse, colunurrad vilification mast No the sound common
sense of irr honest and industrious middlerraiies, and
those sober and contented working men who ore too
manly and jar to hike for granted all that la told theta of
their oppressed condition, and are not willing to believe
their great object to hie should be to sink all sorry to
their own level, inroad of by independent exertion to
ride thoarilvir imororiait Downwards of doing so
which are not desired Li the poor more than the rich.
Amos.

Dorchester. April ittk, 1810.
(Our correspondent is eauUed to much respect and on
that aooount we insert his letter, thoueb received very
late, at considerable inconvenience to ourselves. He can
hardly have carefully read our remarks. however, which
denounced the violence so "entirely contrary to the spirit
of freedom." the noise at Mr. Brinier's melting as
" thoroughly diegracet ol."—** worse than a crime—a
blunder,- and the rough conduct in general as "very
mistakes). unoonstitutionst and il•LiberaL" As to our
correspoodant's arguments. his letter only received on the
very day of ogr publication eras us no Unto tor remark
furthsr than that we baler,. the temptations bald out to
poor men by the pregervation ot rabbit., and the sale of
intoxicating drinks on all sides, alas the obstruction to
their getting a "stake in the country kr Guy acquisition
of small pieces of land of their own, delay the spread of
that spirit of contentment and the provision of such
ooeupation as would make them valuable citations and
preeervers of the peace. Wish the action of the to-n
authorities, that of the Weymouth ones DIV be favourably
compare I.—En
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-04-13

PRESTON.

OBJKCTION TO TAKING AN Oarit.—At the inquest
on Miss Browning on :-.'sdurday, when the coroner
was about to swear in the jury, Mr. Thomas Fooks,
who had been sumusoned to serve an the same,
obj cted on conscientious grounds to take an oath. R.,
considered that loing sworn was contrary to scripture.
which flays, "Swear not at all."—The Coroner thought
that the meaning of "swear not at all" was not that
of calling God to witness that a person would do
according to his conscience.—Mr. Fooks : The Scrip-
ture says "Let your communication be "Yea, yea;
Nay, nay."—The Coroner: Swearing in the Scripture
Is meant in the way of cursing; but if a man has a
con-cientious scruple to taking an oath I do not want
to force it upon him —Mr. Kaki : You cannot, sir.
have been exempted before. I am willing to serve
the Queen without taking on oath.—The Coroner: If
such opinions as yours prevailed the whole world
would be at a deadlock. It seems to me flit the
minority must give way to the majority or otherwise
Vie world cannot go on. If I were to meet you in the
street and we were to quarrel with each other, both of
us might think we were in the right but; if I were to
quarrel with everyone I met you would say I surely
must be in the wrong.—Mr. Foots quoted a por, ion
of Scripture to aho* that he was right with regard to
the oath.—The Coroner sail he coal I show almost
anything from Scripture to suit a person's views, but
they must judge from the contest and not from a
particular passage. He would, however, respect his
(Mr. Vodka's) icruples.—Mr. Pooh. WM then allowed
to withdraw.

s'
Of course the cry is petition! petition ! ,
let us have a fishy petition. If we are
all let us haves few good cuss. snd depeo°,:lo
dear reader, if you can find good evideoca to !rot
Mawr" Schreiber and Co. have been gctitl ie
,4
practices, and will brin: such evidence " ,4;
quarter. old he will come, bag arid baggiar-taat
WA.fitifiliALM. but if you all take no interest in the msti!,,Tiol
to submit to Cenford rule, do so, and lit 1
WARELIAM ELNCTION. opportunity of seeing what the Canford .141
Mr. Guest drove into Wareham on Saturday after- bring us DOW that they have bee me P°sl7sol.
noon, and he was met at the top of North-street by a borough, and have us virtually under thou
large crowd of people, by whom he was enthusiastically i Tau WAND'S'S. in P• 014 received. The horses we taken out of the carriage, Lougfieet, stPril 5* 1880.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-04-13

DOWEINITIZ.

One Boaot:na Pouct.—We hear that P.C. Pi yer
has been promoted from the second to the first class.
on the recommendation of Supt. Coward, and P.C.
Haggerty from the 3rd to the second claws.
Doelb7 Courrr ScHooL.—There are to be two gala
days at the County School next week. Wedneeday is
fixed tor the Athletic Sports, and fa. Thursday even-
ing great preparations are being made by some of the
boys to produce pl.iy founded on a well-known story
—our frd,itobineon Crime. Vocal and instrumental
music will also be provided, to that good promise is
tkelot • *aunt awning to the Meade of the County
and those who are fond of aped From
Ouvortisement we observe Mr. Ling has • plan of
the sesta. and from him full particulars may be
obtained.
ATTIXTTICD BOICIDZ AT PORTLAIIIL—At the County
Hall, before Captain Manwl, on moc,day Arthur
Batley, corporal of the Marinas on board H.M.S.
Warrior, was charged with attempting to commit
aliside at Portland on April 1001.---Soriutant Feltharo
boa information received went to the Chesil Beach,
woo Hay. and there found prisoner lying on his Ewe
under the cliff, his clothes very wet. Asked him
what ship he belonged to, and ha replied the Warrior,
abo asked him what pan the matter, and he said he
had something on his mind, his leave was up t
twelve o'clock and he mired Use k.of wigwam uml
took him to the police station.—Nwac wee then
contended till fibturday,
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-04-13

A DISAPPOINTMENT.

At Roslyn the D ske of Bareleach has for tenant an old
man la • piteous state of paralysis Re nevertheless
• vote, and would of course desire to give It for
ru=ord's son. Tbe old man was accordingly carefully
conveyed to the pal wit'i a full knowledge that not being
able to move band or foot he could not mark the ballot
paper. It woo however taken for granted that he would
be able when tuiestioned in due form to state his prefer
-
once for Ltd Dakeith. Wbrn the critical moment came
It was discovered to the dismay of the phostatint eLD'
Tamer that Me voter could not articulate the deitirrd syl-
lahles. Full opportunity was given him, but be could not
say "Dalkeith. sod so he awn carried back with bM
minion unfoldllrd. What would have happened if be had
tried to say " Gladstone" remains a matter of speculation,
fee the experiment wits eschewed.

MR. HERBERT GLADSTONE AND LEEDS.
The Leeds Liberal Four Hundred on Tuesday night
resolved to invite Mr. Herbert Gladstone to address a
meeting in the borough in view of his selection as
candidate for the vacancy in the representation of that
town likely to be caused by the election of the Right
Hon. W. E. Gladstone for Micilothien.

UNFORTUNATE DEFEATS OF TENANT
FARMER CANDIDATES.

Without reference to party politics, the agricultural
world will be sorry for the failures which have at
present kept out a Liberal and Conservative tenant-
farmer candidate, at North Northumberland and
South Norton, respectively, Mr. Clare Sewell Read
failing by only one vote on 2,906.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-04-13

ISLE OF WIGHT ELECTION.
A POPVLAR VICTORY.

The election of a member for the County of the Isle
of Wight took place on Thursday l.sat, and the poll
was officially declared on Friday. The candidates
were the late member for Poole, the Hon. Evelyn
Ashley (Liberal), and Mr. Benjamin Temple Cotton
(Conservative). The polling was carried on with a
briskness which has probably no papal.' in the Island,
and the register of every district was practically
exhausted. The official declaration of the poll was
made shortly before one o'clock, in the front of the
Guildhall. The enthusiasm with which the announce-
ment was received baffles all description. Thousands
of hats were waved, thousands of voices shouted forth
their cheers, and handkerchiefs and Liberal colours
were flaunted from many window..
The Hon. Evelyn Ashley, said—We have had,
_ea you
have heard, a very hard fight. (Cheers and a Voice :
"You are in though.") Gentlemen, my victory is due
to the indomitable perseverance—the splendid exertions
—of my friends, and the Liberal party all over the
United Kingdom will thank you by-and-bye, as from
my heart I thank you WM. (Loltd cheers.) Let me in
this moment of victory bear testimony to the
honourable manner in which my opponent has fought
this fight. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I should like to call
for three cheers for Mr. Cotton (marked expressions of
dissent, and calls of "cheers fer Ashley"). Gentle-
men, we can be magnanimous, and I say my opponent
ha 4 acquitted himself like an honourable gentleman
and a good sportsman. (Cheers.) Once more I thank
you. You have done good work for Liberalism this
day. (Cheers). The Liberal in the country has
already a great mrdarltF—(c ng)--and this seat
won from the Conservs.Uves—(vociferons cheering)—
will strengthen that majority and aid the Liberal party
in carrying on the great work of peace, retrenchment,
and reform. (Loud cheers),
Mr Ashley, M P., then left the Guildhall, and was
escorted to the Wheatithed Hotel by a cheering
multitude.
Mr. Ashley was everywhere received in Newport
with the most enthusiastic plaudits, and he after-
wards had magnificent ovations in other parts of the
Island.

Ecko, discussing the inestion, "Who shall be the
next Premier?' says 'The question can only be
answered by Mr. Gladstone himself. If be solemnly
declines the responsibllesaiLofflos, the Liberal party
must submit; but if, aside all considerations of
personal convenience, he reconsider his position,
with • view of onoe more taking the helm to guide the
still strong old national ship into the waters of peace
and prosperity, be will win the nation's gratitude. We
will not attempt to forecast Mr. Gladstone's decision,
but of two things we are oortain—licst, that his name
is the fast on men's ling, and that there is awaiting
for him all along the line, and particularly in London,
a conqueror's reception; and secondly, sheould he
decide not to accept the post which he 11/1111 so right-
Ire,won, and which he can so worthily fall, it will
me • profound MORS of sorrow and discouragement
million, of minds."