The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-11-19 00:00:00

bear hI. out la this matter) by Undlord., aed MAW
waskl be is to dolt. He scald Bob leer* out
the gimetion of paw ; mei he was glad toss. that ard
may in this esighboarreened, but in other rases, the
gaieties was hula( looked at in • very ouserson seams
way: though the,, were great ezeoptiose to lb Le some
parts it the ormatry. They might dewed alma lb, the
°reentry would not kayo produce destroyed by sa sa-
ne...eery quantity of game being kept If goatlernes
did not meet this quietism fairly he was maibleet that
they would strengthen the hands of those venoms who
termed themselves the Lead Tenure Reform Aloosla-
lice, whir weir...king Government for posoresios of the
lead to *wry on co-operative farming moat the
laboaring population. However vhiteurry that theory
might ho, nobody weld say ho lt P°Vd" it mrt
hoopla., seeing they now lmard mos &decease,* at
householders aud agricultural labourers in wroths
should here votes, and they knew not whether dud
demand would he gained or not If it were who could
say the landlords would remain as now? Hs should
regret Gush a state of things as mush as any one' for
the sake of all almost of the community. Witset a
men in the preside" et Lord Napier gays a hectors at
the &vial Moises. Cooper at Plymouth on this subject,
and said the thin was mining when the Lend Lowe
must be altered—when mole a man took the popular
view of the game:ion he (dr. Damon) had no lessitatioa
in expreeshig his belief that the subjul must be enter.
talnedoiad that all should make up their minds rev
Peathe it. and the more information they obtained on
the subjeet the better lb would he for all °lessee of the
sommuulty —(bmar, hear). He had no esifish interest in
this matter. Unfortunately for himself he bed not got an
sore of land in the world—be wished ho bad; but such
were AO oonelusions at whieh he disinterestedly arrived,
with the best informatioa ha meld obtain on the
'abject. The eO4nM7 had booms great under this
system, and oonunon mum said " Let well slone ;'' for
who °paid tell what would be tbe malt in the manse
of. few years lf the popular ides were realised. We
had a great existereasy, the pride of the country. a
greet middle Masa and then the arSzen alms. The
greatest poseible objeetioas had slways boon raised by
the artisan sism ageism the laud laws of this reentry.
Tlas7 Oho animas) had put themselves forward to And
the greatest pomeble fault not only with landowners
but oompiers : they exhibited great jealously of the
position and prildlope of tbei landowsert and
groat farmers, and entertained • feeling that
ON people above than shouli divide their lands
or surrooder it in VIIIIiO4II ways. But he was
prepared to prove that there was no elms In this
oottntry who were so mash benefited by the existing
elate of things as the autism's. Their wages had berm
higher he • great number of years than la say ether
muntry la Europe whist& was attrihatahle to the
higher sad middle Is every tows they saw
oeseraersial traveller. igen' their woollen arid other
goods, hardwire sad any other things from Yu
meneiftrisi districts, prodnoed by the &Alms at
very high wages. If a huge portion of that great
middle elms in town and country were datroyed, the
greatest possible diMealty would be m in
seillag those goods. Thu userned to him eZle of
the pislases Sider pcseible. He wished that the
wageo of the agricultural labourers of the mashy were
at ea comparable with those of the artisans who rieraed
LI or VI a week; but the agricultural alms had to
oomph, with all tha world. The artistes Rued la the
ooal and Iron districts, their products were merely
local, and they had • great home market in this
oountry ; but the sgetenitaral tawnier had to sompete
against the serfs of the oontiment. He would not for •
morneet my • ward against the agricultural labourer,
whom wages he should be glad if they maid assimilate
to Moos of the unman but he knew net bow
that maid be insaaged while lead was put into the
market, and paid only 2 and 21 per .est., sod was
bought by manufacturers who had mad. their fortune.
in brad.; sad while formers had only beset making a
small proill‘m he was sure had bean the cam themes lad
few years, he knew net boo wages Gould be advanced
to the sum he might with. In occolasioa, he thanked
them for their attentioa, and asked for a hill sad
free dismadon of the subleet—(epplause):
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The Vuin-PenneMirr -thankicti -Kr. Doom for the
Wed Interest be &ways took la this slob, and mid the
sebjecit he had brought before them was of post
importease. ficesespeopie might Mink the disouss of
the Lew of Primoseektme wais Meshing upon dangerous
-round, but seides what was peeing in this mentry,
thought there was no mum why It shoeld not be
alluded to id a Tanners' Oleb. Be quite agreed with
Br. Damen fa lb. °pinkies he had &deemed. He
hod always folt that the Law of Primogeniture did Dot
need &tendon. lath.., dap seltintered too generally
intimated the imesiderstise of suet quote:me, nether
than the good of all &asses. As Mr. Damen had jostly
mid legiektion should not be for only one motion of
oomniunity bed for the gement advantage. A ps.esct
propensity, he thought, with Mr. Damen, would be ao
objectionable eyeisai sad lajorioua to the 000ntry. He
emerted without any hesitation that the position of
small farmer. In this wonky was worm than that of
the better the. of labourers oe comparatively large
farms. Ho was Dot an advisosais for very large fetes.;
the extent of • man's land mod be ruled by the
arnoolet of his capital and the mew be smoked.
He did not think the division tied subdivision Of lead
would be so well for th• country as under the present
law when we had all &mem so intimately associated.
If Mows. Arch, Con, Creme:, and the rest would
asoerbiln thei condition of the small farmers instead of
agitating amongst the labourer*, be believed they would
learn smoothing they did not impel* and cease the
iiivocamy of taking away the lend from the present
proprietors for general sub-division. Hs concluded
by thanking Br. Damen for introducing the subject In
such on smelloot and impartial mecum.

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Liter • seismal oonvereetiois amoyst the members
on the various topics imbrued in the lecture.
The insamarr hoped dr. Damen did not men:seder-
stand the taw remarks he made at this minussocernerit.
He simply alluded to the subject am it stood, as a
rather novel ooe for an agriopltural meeting. Monne
be had no idea Low the topic would be treated, but he
thought they would agree with him it had been dealt
with In this manner most in soordanes with their owe
feelings- The Law of Primogeniture them at &leek-
men reprdsdsrnoneof the bulwarks of the country;
sod he believed it would be an unfortanate day for
England when it were abolished. It would put a stop
to all Farmers' Clubs to begin with they would all
mime to the position of 'abysms, sod tbe maa who
did not possess as sore would light for that of his
neighbour. He should be exceedingly sorry to me scy-
thing of the sort. Ha Wined that muob of tits pesos
and prosperity sad other blessings which as • nation
we bad enjoyed were owing to tbs greet middle and
upper classes to whom Hr. Damen bad alluded; and
considered it would be • great Waitress" if they were
brought to that state of equality in which
one matt wes as good as his master. Under nob a
metals they would soon get to lighting. They had seen
that in Frame sad, other ociTtries on the cootie:l
sdentylass of party feeling,i had pirOduced i and rs:Poout unhappy
result". In the fore of all the little hoodoo now
surrounding them they mold only hope that the pesos
and prosperity this isountry had so long enjoyed would
; sad he thought it would be • groat metonym
IS they were to begin to legislate on the Law of Primo-
gsnitstre, tho Load Laws, or any of theos god
laaUinthone by whisk moiety was wanted. If they
began to " meddle aid muddle,* they would rum
the risk of mikes, things wane thy Le the pee* If
they aranld do anything to make them better it would
be • different thing. but they must be very
cautious how they made changes wkidi night work
ineeleulabl• injury to the 0316160.1 weal. He did not
feel that he was sailed to touch upon the labour
question at present, but it wee ono of considerablo lus
palmy and no doubt the prosiest movement was
aiming to a very great extoot at what they wished to
avold—• general equalisation of all domes. There
was a secede amount of jealousy amongst the labour.
lug dams. against those youpytax "brood sans,* but
what would they be without them, aid the good
indorses they had Yarded on Um osinusarso of this
country, he feared a good unsay did not stop to
consider. Hs hoped it would be many years beton
they had any practical experksows of the ebony to
whist' their jealously and bickering' against the lied-
lords and farming population tended; for he believed
that stirring up the labourers and making *am dim-
estialled with Utak present position would result ia
1 making them mush worse off than they bad boos for
year. past. He could not thiak that the present agi-
lotion amongst the lebrisrers would had to any bayed
to that ohs.. He felt sure there was as gentlemen
premed but would if be could improve the moral and
piggiesl condition of the labourer; bat that mold r
I. dose by itinerant agitators coming bete
who knew 'bathing of the elrearamanees or
position of tits labourers, and who instead of
tending to their Waal were doing that which wea
more threly thee aaythiag to Mkt:. they He hoped
at their scat mooting they should have some dissuade*
on this subjs.& It was one whist' affected them very
directly: they did net take it up of their own free will
—they were drives to it—it was forced os tban by Ye
sodas of the labostore—they were emapolited to ose.
eider it in leiticisterma, and, he fat, equally in defame
of the 'obeyers who remained faithfel and try to
those who had supported and enoostraged Skeet for
many yeses past. Ho believed • large properties of
the agricultural labourer. of 'hideosity were sadden to
stick to their employers and do whet was right; and
that it wow only • few wilak.binded sod misguided
individuals who had bon led away by those agitators
who had some amongst them, and who were osetainly
&Milady to be desk hes& or do thy any good. Be
hoped at time next mooting there would be a good &S-
-teadies', and they Mould have • thorough dissuades,
not with • view to deeding on a warm of odic" bat
to node*" the sobjoot and have the WWII of each
other's experimme sad judgment se to the beat way of
meting the qsadas which had bey raised against
their inelinatiou but which they mast prepare them.
edves to deal with in tha bees manor they could. He
had great
_clearers in preparing a vote of thanks to Mr.
Disney. Indeed of criticising his lecture, they would
give him I hinny vote of thanks for introdnaing the
subject in a manner so mineable to themselves, sad
so tally that they had nothing left to say— (applaue).
Mr. J. T. UDALL heartily seconded the motioo. Thy
were very much 'Mobbed to Hr. Domes, and it was a
greet advantage to have a man to speak to thy not
growl psi point of view—not the fareser'e, or the
labourer's, or the landlord's; but Mr. Haws aye for-
ward as • man of great experience as • merobaist and
farmer knowing all the mays and customs of our
, rural life—(boar, hoar). He would not say adate
word es the question, szeopt to thank dun b.
and sinestsly tor his groat kindness and the good will hi,
wirszehowerg (grin them hit sent.,. la any way—
(' )*
RANDALL havft olhasd • few remarks,
Yr. Damn setaoThdrod the Tot* of thanks, aid
thir westing terminated.