The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-12-17 00:00:00

Dud enttutti exprpo.

TUIBDAY, DICIMBIR 17, 1872.

NOTES OF THE WEEK.

The Eighth Parliament of Queen Victoria
wee four years old on Tuesday, December 10,
having been summoned to meet on December
10, 1868. Sinop it mumbled at Westminster,
eighty-four peers and forty members of the
House of Commons have died. and of the latter
number thirty were liberals. The oldest peer
removed by death wee the Earl of Onalow, who
was ninety-three; the youngest wee the Earl of
Aberdeen, who wan drowned at the age of
twenty-eight. The oldest member of the House
of Commons was Colonel Sykes, the representa-
tive of the city of Aberdeen, who was eighty-two ;
the youngest wee Captain Spies, who died when
only twenty-eight, and within a few weeks of
his election for Renfrewshire. Of the 137 mem-
bers who have been returned to the present
Parliament, inducting the re-elections on the
formation of Mr. Gladstone's Government,
eighty-four are Liberals, forty-sii are Conserva-
tives, and seven are Home Rulers.

There are now five ex-Lord chanocillon, each
in receipt of £5,000 • year as pension—Lord St.
Lord Chelmsford, Lord Westbury,
Lord Cairns, and Lord Hatherley.
The anti-blooms tax meeting held in the metro-
polis on Friday was influential and enthusiastic,
and from the feeling evinced by various mem-
ber. of Parliament and eminent commercial
men, it is evident that Mr. Lowe would do well,
hi constructing his nut Budget, to make some
sensible reduction in the tax, as • step towards
Its abolition. This is the course which Karl
Hassell seems to point to in his letter read at
the meeting, and it appears the only feasible one.
As our revenue grows, and our economies in-
seam.— if these two desirable rprocesem go on
together, the Income-tax might well be reduoed
to • mere nominal amount during o
times, preference to making redaction=
are really not required in indirect taxation. No
doubt the Government will think it wise to
start, or rather to continue (for they began last
peer), on this course, in deference to an agitation
which now seems fairly to have commenced.
The Claimant has made his appearance again
In London with the fat cattle of Smithfield, and
another of his "friends" has found it necessary
to appeal to • Vice-Chancellor for the protection
Of his Interests. The claimant, it turns out, made
an agreement in August, 1872, with • Mr.
Smart to attend all meetings organised by him,
and none but those, in consideration of Mr.
Smart paying £6O a week to the Defence Fund,
and allowing the Claimant £25 for his own
private purse, betides paying all his hotel and
travelling expenses. The Claimant now violates
the agreement to play his pert with a new enter-
tainer at St. James-hall, and Mr. Smart has to
ask for ell injtmetion. Te Claimant's entertain-
taiga pays apparently almost as well as Woodbi's
Olio of Oddities used to pay; and if Sir Roger
can only amps with a whole skin, he need not
starve as long as there are Smarts to hire him
out upon these terms. By the way, the judge
took the opportunity to express his surprise that
the Claimant, seeing that he elected to be non-
united in the action to establish his identity,
should still call himself Sir Roger Tiohborne.
' The Standard published in large type a rumour
that all the railway servants on our great lines
have combined to make certain demands, with
the threat of • general strike on the 2nd of
January. But we don't believe there is much
foundation for it. Without granting any further
concersione to their work people, the railway
companies think that they are already over-
burdened. This week they sent an influential
deputation to Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Lowe,
to protest against paying the duty on third-class
passengers, who, notwithstanding the facilities
recently given them, are not turning out so pro.
fitable as the companies thought they would.
Mr. Gladstone promised that the subject should
receive the attention of the Government; but
with the Irish railway proprietors knocking at
the Treasury doors with • view of inducing the
State to take their property off their hands al-
together, and a growing demand for the aboli-
tion of the income-tax—the promise may only
be • pleasant way of bowing them out.
On the game question, • very suggestive
letter by the Karl of lialmesbury has appeared
in the Tints, showing how we are ekeing out
our meat supply with game. In Bristol alone
his Grace finds that the game sold in the course
of • year amounts to—grouse, 1,180; bin,*
game, 93: partridges, 4,108; pheasants, 4,473;
woodcocks, 451; snipe, 1,200 • widgeon, 198;
teal, 651 ; wild ducks, 1,264; plovers, 932;
hares, 2,191 ; rabbits, 19,471—t0ta1, 36,219. At
Southampton the number was—partridges,
27,000; pheasants. 16,000; grouse, 18,000;
harem, 36,000; rabbits, 90,000; wild duck',
18,000—total, 207,000. He intends next year
to ask for a return for the whole kingdom; but
It is rather startling to hear beforehand that a
single poulterer at Birmingham offered • West of
England 'squire to take 10,000 rabbits per week
from him, and that the 'squire thought if he
chose to give up his land to breeding rabbits
Instead of letting it as farms, he would consider-
ably increase both the quantity of food and his
income, An immense number of rabbits is
imported from Belgium, and Mr. Brooks, the
great salesman of Leadenhall market, tell us
that 1,500 cases of rabbits of 100 each arrive
weekly from Ostend alone. A idnee furrier often
uses as many as two million hare and rabbit
skins in the manufacture of hats; and k
these animals at an average of two and:kii
lbs. each, we have thus an addition of 33,700
tons of meat to our usual supplies, Lord
Malmesbuty does not say what this meat costs
us—a point upon which the farmers may have
something to say; but the facts as they stand
throw a new light upon the game question. It
is commonly believed that many large game
preservers make money by the vermin feeding
on the crops of their tenants, whereby they are
injured, and the food of the people is destroyed.
whereas if our heath lands were well fenced, and
made rabbits warrens o 4 we should probably
get valuable food, without injury to anybody.
Sir John Wickens. one of the Vice-Ohanoellors,
has pronounced a very useful decree in the case
of the Earl of Aylesford against a Jew bill
broker, The Karl, when • boy at Eton, fell
Into the hands of the money-lenders, borrowing
£6,800 upon • note of hand for 28,000, that is,
at the rats of 5 (per ;oent. (per month, or 60
per cent. per annum, doubling the capital
in two years. The Earl, upon rooming into
possession of his estates, appealed to the Court
of Chancery for protection; and the wart has
now reduced the interest to a plain 5 per cent,
on the ground that in • case of this kind the
argument of free contract does not avail. "The
repeal of the laws against usury does not
affect or oust the jurisdiction of the court over
persons dealing with expectant heirs and others
who, young and inexperienced, are reduced to
resort to such means as were here invoked for
reaming money. The court in all such cams
requires it to be shown that the borrower was
placed in all respects on a footing of equality
with the lender, sad that the former was well
advised in the transaction."

The duinese of British politics hardly permits
us a thought in unison with the excitement
.at
Versailles and Park In Prows it is nothing
but a succession of high winds. There may be
grand harmony in the storm to those who are
In the centre of it, but at a distance the true
position of affairs is not very clearly oonceived.
There certainly seems among the deputies an
element of opposition to the President that will
,be very difficult to deal with. As soon as one
section of the Assembly is appeased, the other
has to be dealt with. The Ministerial emcee-
sione to the Right were lastly the reason of a
demand for *dissolution of the Assembly which
was put forward by the Left. Both parties throw
In the teeth of each other tho charge of imperil-
ling the country. A division on the question of
dissolution was forced by M. Gambetta, and
the proposal rejected by a decisive majority;
and thus ends the struggle for the present.

8111711/11ILD 8110 W.—We are pleased to notion that
at this show, Yr. J. A. Smith, of Bradford Peverall,
woo the And primp of £26 in the Devon oow dila, with

6:000 TerElLarn.—On Thursday evening, Des.
BM, the usual monthly swam of the above order
was WI at the British schoolroom under the prem.
deem of Bro. j. Pew.fl. when &adroan.. realtalk..
sod singing, were giv. by Bros. B. Russell, 1.8r0w.,
J. Looked, A. Bloharda, and J. Northam, and although
owing to the busy some. of the year bat ocoutheratirely
few attendod, ft woo plahli7 *WW. that all Masai
(Matt of whoa. were total shstalters) were mat on
agog their utmost 'forts te stamp out of echrtenee
what they themselves bellows to be the greatest curse
of Um nation, timely intogleating liquors
NiODOI ulr DO/tair Lollol7llllllo. —On Tuesday mora-
l/1g two el of agrioaltural labosren left Dorchester
iuld llrfdport re* ',ay for Liverpool, as roam for
porty--tiro numerous familial
from Broadrosym—travitiod by the &If 111)4ra1ll on
the Gram Westeen lbw, beteg sonnspamied to th•
statics by their relatives and friends, sad havum •
traswinge provided far their asecausadalion. As
quittod the glass asters went raised for the

"Bra Miens and not a few tsars wen shed by sorrow-
ing binds renidaiog tedium:l At Midden Newton
Jennie they were jdned by • ilmilsr party, who had
tome from Bridport. The emigrants, to be joined by
others from various counties, are expected to embark
at Liverpool on the 13th instant.
BOLT .ntililiTT Clutha& —On &today let the annual
sermons on behelf of the Nation' fished were preluded
by the Rector, the Bev. H. Everett I. the morning
the beet was ooknnieno, Iv. 11, " Fellow-workeys unto
the Kiugdoes of God." Miele( remarked on the ever
P necessity to work which is laid on all me.,, load
, thrriamitsg• of sonvertiag it Into free and 'aim
I gerviee, the preacher pototed out that the &oedemas of
Spain followed as her failing to give the light of the
gospel to ths groat sentinel of AMMO& Osluathtui dl.-
covered, and he attributed the present heathenism of
India to our shorteornings in the meteor of spreading
' the knowledge of the Lord there. England is highly
hononrod by God; let her fall not to Will the great
Mission to which the is called. He theu mndoned
the want of miadonaries, and add that the Bishop aR
the diocese had appointed for Friday next special
'onion to ask that more labourers might be met to
the harvest. He proposed to have the Litany, with
specie' prayers and the Holy Communion .1 17 a.m.,
and to use the special form of eervies at 7.30 p.m. It
was not money they asked, but the united prams of
the people for the sheionary muss. In this cenneetion
he then referred to the Importane of giving s rations
edneaties to the young. At the evening Navin the
text was Matthew Axil., 20, ' Whose Is this image and
✓operseription on which the preecher founded the
argument that as earth thild is made in the how of
God, he should be bronght ap In the fear and adrnoWtion
of the Lord—that they should "reader unto Gout the
thins that are Carr's, and onto God the things that
are God's." Tbe collections unmated to £lO it IL
Ma. Lima% Cantrrnth Sar.a.—The eased sale of
fat Moth at Mr. looses repository took Place le*
Saturday, and on no former amain has there bees
better quality, or • Inger supply of Arst-elm animals.
Notwithstanding the bad weather, the sale ring was
thronged, buyers coming from all parts of this end the
adjoining counties, as well es others from plans
further s-leld—ixister, Loudon, he. The sale secs-
utellosd with SOWS and 'elves, width made £l6 Hla to
£23 101. Two very prime Hereford steers grimed by
Mr. &sexton, of West Knighton, made—toe whisk
had been shown at Etherbarne and Yeovil, £47
purehand by Mr. Vys, Swamis, and the other,
£37 10a., to Mr. Groves, Wpm. • very good lot of
Hereford heifers, belonging to Mr. J. W. Jeines, of
Ileppowder, was next offered. Mr. West, of South.
mien. seenred one at IX 10a, sad others ranged
from OM to £32, Mr. Bred, of Portland, paralleling
at £32, and other buyers Wag Mr. Creed«, Soarer
month, Mr. Roberts, Wyk., sad Mr. Galpia,Portiand.
Mr. Warne, of Wthesoton, sect a prime lot of beads.
Mr. Bowdltie. Upwey, bought at RN lb., Mr. Greed,
&renege, at £35 15,., sad Hr. RusesiLlient Res* Ilks
Bosley, Weymouth, and Mr. Look, Dertheeler. tan
from 1990 to no sash. Next were sold some WNW
belonging to Mr. Yin, of Longleredy, and they realised
£2l to tie. nab. Mr. Croad sent In two done
very shale, holier, and steers. The heifers made
£33 10a. to £36, Mr. Fudge, Darebester, bowleg at the
highest figures, and other perthesers bolas Mr. Reo,
Bournesnoath, Mr. Belt, Weymeeth, Mr. Oroad, Brood-
merle, de. Of the steers, Dr. Byrnes, County Lanai&
Asylum. parehased am at aos, Kr. Roe, Bournemouth,
at £33 10s., and others fell to the bidding' of the Wey-
mouth oaf Southampton buyers at from OS to £3ll.
Barmier' mede from £l4 to £l9 each. Mr. J. A.
Smith, of Bradford Penwell, had • eplendjd lot of
Devon on sale. The bull "Highland Prime" was
purehasod by Kr. Bolt, of Weymouth, for £46, and
another by Duke of York IL, was meld I.
Ky. Whittle, of Toiler. Several stows
from £24 10e. to £29 15e. Twelve y
steers, all by Duke of York IL were alio offered. They
were the most level and best lot its, seen in the
nasty, and mazy good judges saki that no other
Devon brooder amid show suah • doses. They nude
from E 22 to 06 sash, and averaged £37. Many of them
were perchased by eminest session, to be Penned for
NOM great shows, and no doubt they will be .seerd of
r. The buyers Included—Mr. Coate, Hunnsooa,
."J. Ford, Rushton, Mr. Shipley, Isle of Wight. Kr.
Resin, Aylesbury, Mr. West, Southampton. Mr. Ford,
Weymouth, Kr. Bignell, Minos Abbey. Bet wen 400
and 500 sheep were estelogued. The Dow, wetting
of Mr. G. W. Homer. the eeriest brooder, of
Athelhamptos, realised £4 15s. to £l. and were pier.
'hand by Mr. Spencer, Mr, Welt Southampton. Mr.
'ye, Corte Castle. ha. The Portland wither. of my.
Sinaloa made 60s. seal.. Mr. Warren's (Winimal(*)
wetting, 83s. to no.; Mr. Creed's, 66, to 69e. 64; Mr.
Udall's, 72a. to 76.. 61; Mr. Eiden's, 655. tolls.;
Mr. Phelps's, 735. 64. to 75.. Id. Of ewes. Mr.
Herding's (Stindord) made 695.; Mr. T. A. Homer's
(Tolpuddle), 745. 64. to 84s. A prime fat pig nut is
by Kr. Lambert of Steepletor. wee purchased by Mr.
C. Coo, Dorchester, for £8 The sale was closed with
• lot of poultry. Altogether the &notion was • greet
sum... _

TT-.—Perida's ClitleCU.—The Rector of St. Peter's
(Bev. B. W. Peers), preaching on St.oday evening from
Jeremiah v., 91, took occasion to state his reams foe
not taking any part in the day of praar for Christian
Missions appointed for Friday next, the 20th inst. What
should we think, be saked, of Jeremiah the prophet, U,
after denouncing the false Prophets and Priests, he had
joined with taus in prayer for • blessing on their
common labours. Be then quoted from a letter from
the Dean of Carlisle to Caton Miller In support of his
cwn views, is follows.—" Be (Canon Miller) urges this
coarse as truly charitable, and, was especially, as onethat will commend no ell as loving Maple. of Christ to
the outside world." Here, said the preacher, we have
MI menace illustration of modern charity In religious
matter', a mere satiety to keep well with the world.
Again, "I oonfees that to my Indonesia this is a
perilous, trawl**, ad unsediptasal experiment, awl
that in this thing, our dear brother has allowed his
heart to carry away las head, his feelings overrule his
judgment. For what are we Invited to pray? For
Missions? No 1 for Christian Missions l Now, my
brother knows well enough what he and I mean by
Christian Missions, and he cannot bet acknowledge that
there are Minions and Itimionaries who lash and
preach and propagate other than pure Gospel doctrines
and pratiosa. There are profeendly Popish Lesions,
and there are those of the Greek Church ; and there
are, or there we In Bishop Wilson's time (of Caloutta),
Muratat missionaries cmaneeted whit mu Church who
even propagate error. How can we ask for God's
bleating on them? How ma we unite with those who
uphold ad support them, and who themselves preach
Ills errors and sdodt like sirecnonise ? We differ
fundamentally upon what really Christian Miami are,
and we differ toto alio from those who support them.
How then in sincerity and truth can we joie with such
men in united prayer for Christian Maslow ? I can,
and do, pray that the geed these "blind leaders of the
blind may be opened ;" but for God's
on "soother Gaspe!, which Is not susothistils
there be some that trouble rua"—l eansot ask 1......
But In voluntary sombined aireitc, "two cannot walk
together, szoept they be agreed." "Division,," I kart
are generally " unhappy," '' offenses" disastrous; and
woe to those who cause them I But In my lodgment,
and as I road eselashatioal history, males; or modems,
"compromise with error" Is the worst evil ad the
most dangerous to the Church.... ....I *odd far same
unite with the faithful brethren of the London Mission-
ary Society, for example, and heartily pray with thank
for God's blemiag on their work, awash' they follow
Dot with us" In Choral' rsoularnity, beaus I am sure
their agents "know nothing bat Christ ernoiliod,"
among the heathen; bet of others I am differeatly
mad deeply ocavirseed that the truth le sot premised la
its parity, sot can Christ be glorified in theO work ......
It is my deliberate crocrietioo fennel on so United
expedience, that our danger lust now does not arise
from the acrimony of • few bitter splrite, nor from the
violease of ;arty sandlots, bet the laboured, studied,
and able efforts of the world to persuade men that our
differences are trivial, our cootrovereiss unimportant,
and that • sort of philosphic, reasonable, obariteble
tolerance, or real indiffereas to dwmaNs teaching, Is
the desideratum of our thaw I had rather joie no on.
In prayer, and shut myself up In my chamber, and
pray aloes, than unite in the most mann SUITAIPS of
spiritual duty and if • aria faith with those from
whose religious teats I resell; and in whom aspire,
Uses I have noisiness! whatever." Is mosisdiag his
remarks as this eubjest,the preacher expressed his itoo.
ration that by this AO of Milan with the &P.G., the
Church Misionary Society bed forfeited the maddens*
of may of her most aroma 'apportion • sallatioa
was nada far the National school iusotaliai to de
Bosoms Perry Remo" lloado_y.—Botoro She
Mayor (Kr. 0. J. 0. Gregory), Mr. J. Bishop, end Mr.
B. bark

Mr. Charles Yank landlord of the Duke of Welling-
ton Inn. lid/ charged with keeping his hones open
after eleven o'clock it night on the 9th last.
P. O. Pomeroy proved the offenoa He dated thal
on enterlag the Duke of Wellington las on the 9th
Met, at twenty wheaten after eleven o'elOok, he found
seven persons there, and three glares of beer on the
table. . _

Meech pleaded guilty. but said his cloak was
stopped. and he did not know the tine.
Mr. Symonds reminded kiln that the town clock
wits sot far of, so that was bat a poor Guest
Sept. °award said the boas, 11114 freqUelltly Woo
complained of by Um neinlitiours, in oenosquwase of the
eharastors allowed to cioegregate there, acid the &star-
honors which took plaos.
This Mr. lloseh deeded, saying that no improper
oharaotan where ailowod in Ida house.
. .

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Mr. Symonds said he had heard repeated complabits
of the bowie, and had himself witnessed things in
pawing wilieb were very disgrsoefaL
The magistrates reminded Mr. Meech that the law
was very severe in awe; of We klad, aad he was liable
ta a penalty of £lO, end to have the sonvicUon endorsed
on the beak of hie lioecee. However, they trusted it
would be a caution to him • as We was the firtt .on.
eiegico, be would be only deed 40a. lad emits ; total
lls., and the eonviction wosld not be reeocied on
hie limas,. . _ . .

aesaa, of Fordingneo, warn charged. on tho
information of P.C. Pomeroy, with tusking use of dia-
grnoeful and obscene language, on Wednesday, the llth
instant, at eleven o'elock at night.
Ddipodikat did not appear. Berrie' of summons was
ci reg.ved by P.C. Pomeroy who stated that oe the night
adios be was on duty near defondaet's house, is
lordingtoo. 11. saw two young men *oats out of the
" Queen's lived," and go to defand•nt's door, and
kook. She mato out, on which *ha yowl* men asked
her for that two Adam plooe she had stolen from
them She swore at them, and mad. answer " I have
not stole • two abillieg piece, you —." SIMI ma-
tinned to slum them Re 'eked the mon if thy/
wished te give hoe in shares, end oat their &Wising to
do so, ha recommended them to leave bet, and go on
quietly, which they did. The girl ooetinued to cell
al., them, making use of the most dlagraoshil
Lamp, and creating • disturb•nee, In eonsequeeoe of
which • crowd of persoas assembled in the neighbour-
hood.

Mr. 'Simonds wad the oonstahl• should have takes
he. in °barge, as he replied that his should have done
so, but on his endeavouring to do so, she entered bar
noose, and caw* out again as spun es he /eta
A previous 000viddon wag proved, sod she vras
notated to 14 days' imprisonment tritholit the gloiva
ot • he.

Tag wasomise AT OHIBIL.BILAOH.
Oa Saturday last a epaeial petty earleue warn bold al
the Shirehall to heel a deem shame et deathly from
the wreak al the Sorg Adelaide. as allin Bark Nov.
lath aad TY* magistrates ware —dlr. H.