The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-06-01 00:00:00

•Rorset !Jo iii Expreos.

TUZSDAY. JUNE 1, ism

NOTES. OF
_THE WEEK.

The Queen's birthday was celebrated on
Saturday in all parts of the country. At the
Tower and in St. James's Park Royal salutes
were fired, the ceremony of trooping the colours
took place at the Horse Guards in presence of
the Prince and Princess of Wales and other
members of the Royal Family ; reviews were
held in Hyde Park, at Aldershot, and else-
where, and her Majesty's Ministers gave ban-
quets at their official or private residences.
Political excitement is being rekindled by the
Preparations for a contest for Norwich. Although
the issue of the writ has been deferred until the
evidence taken before Justice Lush is printed,
it is generally felt that the peccant borough will
be given another chance, and at any rate aspir-
ing gentlemen are preparing forthat contingency.
Mr. George Howell, a working man, is a candi-
date in the labour interest, and has already
secured such a large following amongst the
working classes that he says he should not think
of retiring. Then there is Ahmed, whose only
chance, and that a very small one, is that he is
a son of Dr. Kenealy. The Liberal split promises
to be increased by the candidature of Mr.
Chamberlain, an advanced Radical. A Conser-
vative candidate is not yet announced. A
contest is spoken of for the seat vacant by the
death of Lord Augustus Hervey in by
Suffolk. There was no opposition at the last
general election. The numbers were '2,441 for
the Conservative to 1,675 for the Liberal. But
the outlook is better now, and the result will
be watched with much interest. Colonel
Towline, who contested East Suffolk, at the
general election, will probably, stand in the
Liberal interest, and Colonel Wilson is spoken
of as the most likely Conservative candidate.

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The &eon' makes a startling announcement.
Our contemporary learns on "good authority"
that the Government have intimated to 60010 of
the heads of the Church " thu necessity of a
compromise with the Nonconformists on the
subject of the burial question." A meeting of
clergymen and Nonconformist ministers has
accordingly been held, with the approval of the
Bishop of London, and the Record Rays that
there is "reason to hope that this vexed question
will be set at rest by allowing burials in church-
yards to be conducted by the minister of any
religious community connected with a licensed
place of worship.' But the John Bull, on
authority, states that the Government have in
no way considered the subject since the rejection
of the Bill.

We rejoice to state that the great strike in
-Routh Wales is at last at an end. At the meet-
, ing of the Associated Masters, on Friday, the
delegates of the men reported that they were
prepared to submit to a reduction of 12i per
cent, upon the masters undertaking to refer
future alterations in the rate of wages to arbi-
tration. After a prolonged discussion the
employers consented to these terms, the best
spirit being evinced on both sides. Active pre-
parations are being made stall the steam cutleries
in Aberdare and Rhondda Valley with a view
to rt. • g underground operations as early as
possible. Local financiers who have gone
thoroughly into the matter estimate the total
loss through the strike and lock out at five
millions sterling.
Commenting on the recent meeting of the
delegates of the Agricultural Labourers Union,
the Timcs observes—The labourer has been
advised to combine with his fellows, and we will
not dissuade him from doing so. We will only
urge upon hint to remember that combinations
and strikes, and all else of the kind in which
he has been told to trust, will never add one
farthing to the fund upon which he will be depen-
dent for his living. It has been by labour and
by saving that the country has become rich, and
if the modern working man is to ruin his
employer by short work and bad work in return
for high wages, he will, in addition to all other
mischief, be destroying his own best chance of
getting anything for himself. Let him learn
rather to put the power which education has
given him to a better and more prudent use.
His destiny is in his own hands, and if he will
act as a reasonable being, he will have little
reason to complain of the treatment he will
receive from others. Let hint migratoor emigrate
as much as he may please. He will be far front
certain to better himself ; but this he will learn
only by the rough teaching of experience. But
whether ho stays at home or goes out to seek his
fortune in a foreign country, let hint steadily
distrust those bad advisers who will meet him
everywhere, and who find their own account in
dattering his worst passions and in leading him
astray from the path of contented industry. A
theory of his supposed " rights " may make
him dissatisfied, but it can do nothing else for
him.