The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-10-14 00:00:00

Drat (Nutt; expren.

TUESDAY. °amnia 14, Mi.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

According to present arrangements, the Queen,
accompanied by Prlnas Leopold and Princess
Scattier., will return to Windsor Casale from
Scotland on or about November 13. About the
same Dino the Duke of Edinburgh will come
back from ass Crimea. The Prince and Prinoesa
of Wales have been at Abergeldie, where
Royal Highness wont out dd.:l.-stalking in Bal-
raoral Forest, and succeeded In killing two stags,
Vciich iu the evening were ahown in the Castle
where a large fire waa lighted and several Scotch
reels wore danced by the chilies, lighted torah
in band; and the Prince and Princess of Wales
were present during the dance. Their Royal
Highnesses oa Monday returned to Marlborough
Hous J.

It is expected the Priueesa Louise and the
Marquis of Lorne will shortly take up their
residence at Kensington Palace, which has
recently been set apart for their abode. The
mansion building to the south of the Pablo° for
the Duke of Edinburgh and his bride is not
likely to be finished sod ready for occupation
for two or three pars. In the meanwhile
Clarence House, in P.irk-lane, formerly the
residence of the Duchess of Kent, is being
enlarged for the more immediate requirements
of the illustrious pair.
The pique/ifs Disraeli= letter to "My dear
Grey" of the chief of the Conservative party.
and Mr. Bright's manly avowal of the reasons
which have led him to rejoin the Ministry, have
been abundsutly discussed, and the Bath elee-
tion has been taken as a practioal commentary
on them both. The victory of Captain lisyter
has revived the drooping spirits of the Liberals
and checked in some measure the triumphant
plums of the Conservative Press, which is now
oblige Ito conf•sisath‘t the Conservative reaction
is not a general national movement. On the
other hand, some of the Conservative organs
console themselves for the Bath defeat by
ironically congratulating Mr. Bright that the
advice of his physicians has spared him the
necessity of defending at Birmingham the
Government to which he belongs, not against
Conservative, but Liberal critioism. And per.
hap. the bane of such bpelectio...s as those at
Bath, Taunton, and Hull ia held of far leo
consequence by Ministers them the question
whether the Independent action of ties extreme
sections of their own party will not leave them
In a minority at the general election.

The Chuich Co;great at Bath was well
attended, and the Bishop of Ba.h and Wells
won golden opinion. by the tact, temper, and
courtesy with which he presided. Archdeacon
Denison as usual was the quince In the apple
pie, attempting on the first day of the congress
to beard his bishop, and failing in this, publish-
ing his undelivered speech in the Gnardaan and
then calling a meeting of his own in the
Guildhall to p 31 resolutions against the attempt
of the Bishops to override the law of the
Reformed Catholic Church with "the self-con-
tradictory law of Cant. XIX.," taking the chair
with • hue walking-Wok in his hand, under
the idea that • chairman, as a despot, should
have "that sort of thing" by his side to tap
anyone on the head who refused to accept his
resolutions, or wished to pats amendments
Inconsistent with the purpose of the meeting.
Thle meeting was one of the chiraoteristio
incidents of the Caagress. he object was, as
Mr. Stewart put it, to protest against any
attempt to stop up the parochial pipes but the
Congress refused to look at the question, pre-
ferring to take up instead agricultural strikes
and the part that the clergy ought to play in them,
the principle upon which foreign missions ought
to be planned, the union of Church and State,
the work of cathedrals and chapters, the increase
of the episoopate, and Church organisation.
The British element of pluck never seems to
fail LI!. Already there are more volunteer
officers for service in the fever regions of the
Gold Coast than the Government know what to
do with. They will go and conquer. The British
Isles are not large enough to hold an Englishman
when there is a call elsewhere. He most away.
The wonder is to him, how Mdtz was found large
enough to hold nearly two hundred thousand
men, kept at bay whe3 France was dying for
their help. The issue of Marshal Biz Line's trial
may be what it may, but it will never be believed
that Metz could have held a British general, with
six thousand officers and troops in proportion,
under similar circumstances.
Once again France commands tie attention of
Europe. The Legitimists mean to try their
hand at placing a king on the throne. The Duo
de Chambord is ready to be proclaimed Henry
V. It is said that on November 5 the House of
Assembly will be challenged to vote the restora-
tion, and as is pretty confidently believed, will
adopt it by • cgnificiant majority, with whom
Marshal MaaMahon and the army wilt accord.
M. Thiera protests against the A.stunbly making
over the nation without ascertaining its wish,
and it is not impossible that troubloas times are
at hand.

In Spain S3oor eutelar seems to bei fez
more fortunate than his predecessors in the
presidential chait. Something like • distinct
and united movement against the enemies of civil
order is now put forth. and the Oarlista are
flying. The defeats have been signal. and the
Spaniards have a fair incentive to bold together,
seeing how speedily a united blow threatens the
existence of the Oarlist forces