The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-03-04 00:00:00

110U8B OF 00111 IONS.

1107 DAT. —Colonel Samna*" drew attention to the lons
period of :weeks—twelve years—of el:o=state in India, and
moved • revolution In favour of Mortening the parlay'.
Sr. Caetnwmf. showed that neither oiScers nor men were
compelled to remain foe • term that waa injuriou. to their
health.

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Motion wit lidsawn.
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MS ALIT ISTIIIIIIIII.

Kr. Ca abeet. made his etatement on the army estimates.
H. stated that the total amount of the pryers% tweet.. wae
£14,416.4 0, snowing a saline on the bet year of 1409,000,
and on the previous year of £1,027,009 The urn g would
Imo been much Irrefter were it not foe the fact that some-
thin:: like had a million am due to the rite m the price of
prosi•lour, clothing, re., the • etre charge for increased
rates of pay, and the sum nrcemary for work, and behests.
Contrasting the prwent .tienates etla those of the lowest
year slow Me Crimean ea, • the Int year he had held
hi. present office. the net. opeodttu. we. about a minion ends
quarter labors thc more favourable period. With regard to
Use number of reollar tewps squired for wrvic I at home and
ehroare. provision had leen made for 122,000, of whom 81.719
were for home terrier. The estimate* time provided for
129,000 militia, Merman of thee abroad ; 13,011 e yeomanry,
180,730 volunteers, 10,000 for the army merry. and 25,000
for ha. areotul army reserve and the penaloorre ; realm •
total of 4412,7.4. The rate of recruiting led been ..tislaosorr,
considering the high prices which labour bad tatted: been
• weekending. On the eubject of desertion, be radefftted that
U... .11 had raisted to • regrettable extent; but he deeded
that it had been DO extensive as had Wee steed, and eked
that lusted of the desertions In the ear 1872 reachlng LW"
as had been alleged, they bad Nay amounted to 6.861, at
whom 1,1146 returned during the seer, kering the total 4,004.
There moults were however, eulicieetiy umatistactory, and
be we of opinion Oat they were to wee extent to be
accounted for by the exc. plitmely high rates of wagon which
bad latterly prevailed. During the past year, he stated that
4,1102 of the militia had eultned in the regular army. In
lb* year which has just part expired there has been • redo..
lion In the enrolled solunteer. o. 14,434; to sekisois, a de.
ere. of IMO; and in satnsefff ciente, • decrease of 4242. The
proportion of non-ellicieuto to the "Mole forte in 1863 was 30
int cent.. in 1.11 It we 20 per cont., and in 1871 It was
only 9 per cent, (bear, bear). The proportion of non.
efficiento to extra efficient. was in 180301 per emit., I 107111
v. 034 per cwt, and in 1072 it we only 01 per cent (hear,
hear). The wreakers of eeetency 4 I dicers did not gest ea
the emetic. is elude, 10 1663, but in 1871 10,40* 055 n
and nue-commkaioned officers obealleed certificate of 0111.
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and lambi
cO
(74-4-Dg;ate entitled Pl:mi to pi. In 1;74 irtrliT-t-tit7enhilir ti'a;4l
reseed to 11,6019 I think that any discouragement that
might arit• from the mere falling a in the numbers I. store
than ninusated by them peons of efficiency (beer, hear).
The insPectlons have been carefully cooducted, and both
othoen sod men fairly tinted, Hoch the larger proportion of
the corp. os In • sed•factory mete. and whoa It has be..
otherwise the defects have been pointed out. Some Akan
have been caikd upon to Feder. The camp. of instruction
were new in 1070, and the number trained et them In that
year was 10,493. in lel the number had inoremed
to 12,916. and in 1071 Shed again Hew to 16,300. 01
the voluoteere, 3400 were out at the autumn Mallfetlrrik
and of these, 1900 wen there for the whole of the twelve day.;
and I may my, without fear of oustradicnon, that their
cooduct and appeicootu attracted the commendation of every
soldier who tweed this. The new and etricter rules had
been favourably owned by the volunteers, and although the
numbers had somewhat eliminated at flret, he had no doubt
that, with increued effideocy of discipline end general
regulations, • foundation we bong laid for an ultimate
1nc..., in the number of volunteers. Provision woo d
be made by which the whole of the troope could be
fully aimed Led equipped with all the requisites kr
wen.. With regard to the qusdon of purchase abolition,
the rght hon. gentleman anted that the sun •Inedy expended
had been £1,221,00, and on the 314 March a further sum
would be required, and the reault would then be that L. 17,000
lon than the ma ntimated would have hew *speeded. The
details of the mode In which the mimes of locelisetion was
intended to be carried out were gine. On the queetion of
•oldiers' pay and ratioes,he Mated that a revision waa powered
which would prevent the pay nun seer lee that la • day.
Peeing to the quemion of gun., he behoved that the 354.6 n
weapon hal been a ral stores; end In Merman to the
graveyards In the Crimea, he staled that the several countries
had been inspected, and that every care would he taken to
keep them from dew:ration. Ho also intheated, amid cheers,
that the toth notion would le expunged (roes the Mutiny
Act He moved • vote of Iffi,2lB men and boys for senior at
home and abroad.

Bir Jong Psweroa professed bU anglety that every con-
sideration should be gt,.o to the important etatements which
had Ju t been made, and suggested that the discussion should
be postponed. He moved therefore that the Ch.M. report
I.olrrese.
After • few observations from Mr. W. Fowler, Mr. M.
Chambers, Lord Moho. Sir W. Lsweon, Mr. &dater Booth,
Mr. Fokyn, Oen, HOllll4, Mr. It. N. Fowler, and Mr. Lusk, the
motion for reporting proem. was Knott to, and the HOMO
name. I. _

Tl, IMBDAT —Mr. &MT once more had a tilt Lt the asinsinistra
lion of the navy, nod propounded at gnat length to • hose
of lie nod twenty or thirty members his oft-iterated views on
Admiralty reform. lin objectioo to the iodating system was,
that the Lords of the Admiralty were Mocked without special
At. for their oils, and Ir.= political sod not protssional
toesideinsUoess ; and ho eontensled QM in any mason for
reforming the tesrtment a deputy Ant lord se needful, and
that the coota oiler and superiutendent of the dockynnie
should have • practicil knowledge of the &Obe they had to
perform. The motion recoinissooded. a. ammo. of remedying
the Meets in the adtmlniststion of the Adesirolty, that the
Government should take into coosideratlau the propriety of
working the des/Mont by a Secretary of State, of oppoint log
to the cakes of controller and .uperhstendent person. who
permed practical knowledge of the dulls they bad to Me-
cham. nod of altering the role which limited their tenure of
°Mos to • Seed term of yes,
Mr. WIIITS having seconded the moist,
Mr. BAMSIT prtised the •moniimot of ohkh he had
given notice, to oub.Ut.te for " Secretary of litete" in Mr.
Seely'. motion the appointaist of • Bosrd of Admiralty,
with such Modliklllorts I constitution no. procedure ea
, experience had thown to be desirable. The hon. member
argued In Isvour of establishing a sy.tem of decentralhatim in
tb• dockyards..
The assodenent wee seconded by Sir J. BiJellescors, who
Insisted upou the oeceesity of employing the Wessel pro-
feedott•l 41.1 in the construction pi osr shin, of ww.
Mr. Goet•te complained of Mr. beefy tint he bed ends-
round to trace every distils which had bso must iined by
any of our ails to tine incapacity of the Admiralty, and
obosved that there was not a single large maritime stabile's-
meet that did not experience serious dimmers. Witbponmifard
to the constitution of the Admiralty th sod e pro to
butolitute a Secretary of State, whatever name It went by, the
beard was • meet cadent council to the First Lord; lie
advice woo gives upon Its reaponsibility, and without it he
could scarcely achniulster the funetion. of hh deparinsent. Al
to the Imputation that the members of the Board were
appointed hos political consideraUone, hie Mater was that,
at any rate, the Foment Board showed unexampled Impartiality,
and that, go far a• he himself woe contused, be yrs mayors
what wore the pollUcal opinions of two out of the three oaral
Weds, all of whom st there.. molest allots, to Syne and
mist the Pint Lord. With respect to continuity of service,
be believed that isaysl diners would my that there wee great
advanteng• In • coonst flow of °Seers through the
Admiralty, thus bringing to the knowledge of the department
the feelings which pervaded the men and the Mass
respormente of the mole. from thy to dny ; and be se happy
to ssy that the tow goon of divided reeponaibillty wee
world, g mtbdactorily, and without hr, oontenUon, or dio
. . .

Mr. Bum' bray replied, and the amendment of Mr.
Beeman wee withdrawn and. division taken on the original
motion, wbkb ens debase' by 114 to 13.
amond Raft.' of the Sweat Poor-Ire
11111 led to a good heal of opposition. and am defeated by a
majority of 133 BSTSIIII Bille were introduced and read a
mcond time. among them being oae to iftliltal.• the srertion
of lebourere cottages and olher buildings by egricultaral
Meant.

Tgamoar.-71111 And order of tti• day was the second reed-
ing .4 the Railway and Can .1 Tralc BAIL The meentre we.
subjected to good deal of criticinu, Mr. WALD Ham Intl-
manna that In committee IN would endeavour to amend the
clauses which delegated to the proposed tribunal the func-
tions now discharged by the Court of COOMIOO Mem, and con-
ferring upon it power. to Interfere I. the interests of the
Mr. rogrimrs replied that In mite of Ow cold water witkh
had Irma thrown upon the Bill. he believed that It would be
found e gnat publk beneflC The Mil war then read a
second titan The Home afterwards went Into committee of
rupply on the Army Estimates, and the.. odeupied the re-
mainder of the evening.

ILUOILT

FIWIST.—Mr. W. IL Bonn gave natio, that that day tour
Inaba be arooki move an addrew to tbe Crown. praying that
no huskier angagemota br entered into with foreign Powers
arttering the ditcrialoo vi Parhanawat with respect to the ex-
portation oil coal.
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_ni•Laino

ou tei wow. fc;;;;:i I.to 63;igaitZ..-01—/kapply,
liir. Macau moved fur • inicct cominittee to consider tim
relations that nibeist Letereen tbe Vatted Kingdom mid the
colonies, particularly •• they sleet tha direction oh ich ensign-
Uon takel, and tim occupation of Imam lands within lb*
empire. lie complaitted that no tiers were mode to direct
to our own colonise the met Mown tenier•tion which now
'Weed to the United States.. . .

er=eided tie motion. emeelelly rah •
rkw to the development of lie monism a Canada.
Lord DOLT oppmed the motion, which, lit.,. disourion,
WOO inquired without • dirlshm.

The Home then .t Into on the army Wigwam,
and the discumion on the rote of 10,11101 men for the home
meabliMment 01 tbe army wae resumed by Sir Jam Pause-
TM, who regretted thtt the Government had
reducUon upon the form voted tut year. In hi. NW:74 U:
Government was not jumlllad in radu.loe the defensive forcm
of the country by s single MM. Hs complained that, in mite
of the charges of extravagence brought •111{114 hi. administra-
ion of tbr brat-ollim. the awthoates were Mill larger than bin,
Is spite of the retorted reductioot In the number of mew
b• then entered into a very lengthened criUclani of the
localisation slime of the Secretary for War, explMolng in
detail his remons for fearing that It wae not suited to the cir-
cumstances of the country and the minim which Me army
bad to diacharge.
The prommed reduction of the vole by 10,000 moldier;
moved by Mr. Fowler, ins rejected ultunately by 168 to 4S.
The vole nes than agreed to.
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VAIIi•UM 'CMS were then taken, 'minding Moe. Inc the
Wilt* yeomanry, and volunteer., and progress ea. reported.
Mimi Silt RV.

Mr. HAMA &eked the Secretary of Stan for the }loin
Deportment equalise It was s feet int nitro mimeo belong-
ing to the nu .tees ship Peru were now ooderulog la Dot
chanter Castle a inotenee of tenhe weeks latprieounient with
bard nbour for relining to go to mit la that ; whether It
w. tact that the nip foundered It ma two days after Darter
Portlaod Harbour ; and, if the facts were so alleged, whether
be would promptly take the proper MIMI tor relleelog this.
moo from Loy further punishment be otnisequenee of the
wentann Indicted on nom.
Mr. Batts replied that he had only men the question oe lb.
wpm that morons, aod bad not bad an opportunity of
obtaining loformation to enable him to reply to It. If the
boa potlenton would repent the question on soother day he
Weald commuakate to blot the beta

Gums TO bums& —Divides& of 10 sod 20 per
amt. with Ism &Ultima to the empltal origteelly
('vested, rosy he wowed by applisation t 3 Mr
Yoanghsaband Christian who will forward to those
seeking Information • itiview of the Money Market,
with • selected list of Investments, nod instances in
whioh Bawl) of profits have been made by throe who
took eiveatase of the toyewtions affachtl. Tables of
the returns yielded by all ltdiale of shares sod esiourities
Its given; so that intending investors bare every neaps
of forming their own jodgotent.—Mr. Votlitelituteient
Caliatua,Rieek and chars Dcalecli Royal Etetwap
Lowtoo, E. C.
Raw Maui. POCIErt VISTA BOX WITH PATIIIIT
&ante COVil Itryaut sof May hove recently intro-
duced • vary useful little Pocket Vesta Box with •
meet logeolous sad staple spring cover; it is • novelty
I is every tray. KW will esn owns isto very 'send
woo—beish of me* instead of oard, aril filled
with VIEW at ow pima,. Aay Tobsosowlet, Owner,
Oboe/A Obtoiltr. trin supply It

flaarluts.
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TDB CORN TRADE.

At Bristol on Thursday, the dimmed was alow, at last
week's rates for Brigllab, and at Is. per qr. less mousy
for foreign. Flour difficult to all at a reduction of la
per seek. ladlau corn very dull, at b,rely last week's
prices. The demand for malting bezliby has touoh
fallen off, and values hare given way la per tr. ;
grinding qualltlito slow, and 61. per qr. cheaper. The
return to mild weather is causal the demand for nate
to fell et end last week's values were braely nude-
tairmd, indeed to nuke ex.shlp males 61. per qr. reduc-
tion WY aeorpted. At Manabeater fLoglish wheat
Mow ,of sale, and only oholoest maintained previous
palms. Foreign only in moderate re quest, at AL per
(metal reduction. Flour Is small demand, and all but
imtra qualities to be bad at rather less money. No
chases la other artioles. At Biradogliam Refinish
wheat in fair supply. Good kinds were firm, inferior I
rather cheaper. Foreign 1.. lower. At Devises very '
butted supply of wheat, but trade was dull at about
Lit, rate. _

At Mark-Lsne on Friiity business bee again been
restricted. The supply of English wheat bas been
rather larger, and there hes beim a fair show of foreign.
With • thiu attendee's of millers, trarpaotiona were
restrioled, but pricac are eithuut alteration. A
moderate supply of barley ham been on offer. Malting
produos bee been dull and drooping. Grinding and
Machin have been inactive. Malt has been unaltered
in value, with • slow B.la Oats have been dealt in
quietly, at Monday's pride. Raise bat bat. qaht, at
late rate& *Ms sod Peaa.—h bead and pees not
mod badness barn been doing, at previous quotations.
Flour lid inen t alit, and unaltered. At Andover the
rates maintained throughout the day were, with unim-
portant fluctuations, wheat, hits. to 62e. per qr. ; barley,
344 to 475. ; oats, 20s. to 30..; Liur, 441. to 47..;
bread, 7jt and 81. per 41h. loaf. At Burton-on-Trent,
demand for wheat Set, and late rates difficult to make.
At Derby languid feeling prevailed in the wheat trade.
At Dublin market was but • repetition of Tuesday's—
of the two perhaps the weaker. At Orb:ruby sales of
wheat were made to • limited extent, and late prier
were not sadly obtained. At Llztooln wheat a mill
show and flat, at about the terse of this day errinight:
At Southaroptou • steady demand for all grain without
change is pries of any. Flour a fair sale at lad week's
rates. At Stamford supply of wheat was unite equal
to the demand. Pride of red ranged from 49a. to 60..,
and of white from 56a to We. per qr., beteg rather en
the &reline. At Wakelleld badness in wheat was id,
aid priedgfavoured buyers.
Ort Saturday at Beth trade dull, and very little dirtt
°hanged bends. At Berwick, pride ruled similar to
last market. At Cambridge wheat declined in
At Canterbury many samples being out of coarliaosa.
and trade beteg insetive, busices. was dull at • Nether
decline of la per quarter. At Cerlisle wheat dull at a
reduction in prier,the Iseult being that flour wmnaidoed
11. per stone .114th.. At Dorchester moderate supply
of wheat, the ...soles being effeet.d by the late wet
weather. Priors about ls. per imperial qr. lower than
lett week, when the distal average was 575. lid. Ltrge
&apply ot barley; all, excepting the best qaalitles. TIN
eating la. per qr. : lest week's average wee 39i. 104 d.
Oats, beans, goo pass sold slowly at late reed. At
Ueda/ dull trade at this week's market. Al Gloucastee
market rather inactive and wheat • true cheaper than
last week. In Huntiogdonshire wheat did slowly at
prices on the dailies. At Leioester @ellen had to submit
to adesilce. At Norwich trade ruled slow,end inseam
'attends Is. per qr. reduction had to be submitted to.
At Nottingham le. per qr. less money. At Oxford
chase dry samples fully maintained recent quotatteas,
and were in good demand. At &sadism wheat trade
ruled eximestrely dull, and a redaction of le. per qr.
oetuared In the value of the fined esopies, while
secondary and inferior descriptions could be purehaied
at 2s. pee qr. leer money. Al Warminster wheat trade
wee very Sat, but laat week's rates ware generally
ordained. At Wore der wheat was rather dumper sad
trade dull. At Winchester supply of wheat wall short,
the trade ruled dull at late rates.