The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-05-11 00:00:00

MR. FAWCETT ON INDIAN FINANCIL

The re-elected M.P. for Hackney thus severely dealt
with the late Government for whet appear. to be atothw
of their shams, in showing • surplus fur Indian fiustum,
when there was really • deficit of three or four millions.
He said :—Ono of the first subject,, considering the start-
ling financial news that has recently arrived (roan Lod*
that roost snipes the attention of the Government. is ilia
printout conditoo of Indian finance. You perhaps have
not forgotten that in the *rely days of Jetioary. Mr.
Stanhope, the then Under-Secretary for India, came down
here and made an electioneering speech from this very
platform. Indian finance we. then portrayed in roseate
bum WeU, at the time, not possessing ofileiel
knowledge, it was impossible to prove the inaccuracy of
those statements, but I had my suspicions and I knew
that tlui truth would sooner or latter indicate itseU. And
what is the latest news that hoe reached us from India?
This boated surplus is now said to be an entire mistake.
Toe surplus in • single mouth has vanished in • deficit of
some four million& At the time that Mr. Stanhope made
his speech it wee said Indian finance was in • prosperous
condition. India, it was said, was not only able to
bear the entire cost of the Althea Wire hut the authori-
ties of India made out that they were anxious to do it,
and it was even said that India was better able to
afford hale exponent than England was. (Laughter.)
But I always maintained that the question of the ex-
-1:11,1 cfo nibt Afghanwa was o notwar
q question Itlgo riborne
by
oTair necessityid and
bbuyt
! a question of Anti°, and, therefore. In slate of these
gio•iog eccounto of Indian nuance, I determined to raw
the question again in the House of Commons, and about
• se,k before the disiolution t oh phiee I brought forward
a miniot in the House of Omosnous stating that, consider-
ing deeLratiosts which bed been made by
.her Majesty's
Ministers. the Afghan war was an Immortal undertaking,
commenced In the interests of England and indite Jointly,
and that it we. unjust to throw the entire wet of that war
upon India. How wee that motion met? It was met in
this way. We were told of tie prosperous condition of
Indian finances, and I was &skint whet wool I my
o maiinents think 11l tame down here and asked them to
watribute to the expense of that war, with depressed
trade in England, and when India was in such • flourish-
ing condition.l said in the Hoses of Commons that I
knew what my coniniteesits would think, and you have
since sheen me what you think by returning me
with 'a majority of eight thousand. (Chasm) In that
debate, and in puhlistied letters, Mr. Gladstooe—(cbaers)
—Sir George &Vow. Sir George Campbell, end other
Indian euthre Wes doubled the accuracy of the estimates
which had been given,. to the coat of the war, but their
&sub's were laughed to scorn. But now I will tell you
s.imetniox. It will appear, I believe, when the official
Mastro are published, that on the very day yams that
&bate was taking place in the Howe f airomms a tele-
gram wes on its wey from India to London. and which
arrived in L melon next day, that conspletelf nut In the
winds this 14 up roue buiset, and destroyed this boas•od
aurplus. The &bite took place n March 11, and I
ls-liere it will be found that the telegram we, received on
h. 14th. Why then did not dm Garterum at at once
.me to the liaise of C 'woman and frankly acknowledge
their error! But they let the How* of Cowing=
witsme7• th-y let the appeal be weds to the country;
they let the elections take place on the summation that
Indian finance was in a satisfactory condition a hen. as
I WILY, from the official document', we shall be ab's
to prove beyond the posaiiiiiity of dispute that ten days
before the dissolution wee iussociouoed they bad in their
possession information which conclusively shooed that
this surplus did not exist, and that Mewed of • sirplus
there was a deficit of flout three to four million,. This is
• subject that must mit daily be closely investigated.
(Hew, hew, and cbsero.) I beer some people have said—
"Oh, there was a eeneroil slertlon, and the whole affair
was concocted." Will, I Dever lake to attribute lied
motives to myopponsolu. I will not do Do sow. I will
not accept this theory of intentional concoction. But this
I do say, looking at the matter in the most charitable
wanner possible, there has been nallillthell and InConi-
Pinner displayed be thOi• who are resposable for Indies
administration, tieti which must be most carefully Inewitl•
gated, and those who hare hewn guilty of this orgligionos
and incompetency instead of having rewards showered
upon them must bi promptly and peremptorily called to
'moot.

SHEEP latillP—mANGEL
Seat of our shut) (grown are still anxious as to the
future. It Is tine we have escaped from our IS months'
winter, and our sheep are &Oda upon green food. By hook
or by crook we have brought our Rocks through the
troubles of • short supply of roots and of hay. Another
difficulty now seems to star* us in the face—namely, the
poor prznt of vetches- Never have we seen this crop so
backte
w Whether the constitution of the young plants
received • check during the inclement weather of Janusry
and February, or whether the continued cold nights of the
last few weeks have exerted an injurious effect, certain it
is that vetches look brown and stunted. On the third
dajgeifHay we might naturally look for a strong plant of
e with the probability. of stocking them in a fort-
night or, three weals. As it is, vetches look scarcely more
forward than they did in February, and their growing
poweni are evidently at • low ebb. For the present we
are obliged to stock our seeds, which ought to be cut for
ha_y next month.
Trifolium. also, DI • Poor Plant, dwln to the seeding
having been delayed too long after list sit ; so that,
with poor vetches and failing trifolium, keep prospects
are not ht.. Sprlug advances slowly—faking two
steps forwaM, one Micxwa!d• The prospect of a heavy
cut of clover hay is marvel/ so good as it was a fort-
night ago. The prevalence of dry and cold east winds
has altered the colour of our grass fields from •
brilliant green to a dull brown, and growth ims been
arrested. Oats look stunted and leas plant; barley is
coming up well; wheat is improving and filling the
blanks ; pees are blue with cold Altogether we cannot
write is quite ee hopeful • tone as we adopted last
week.
We are planting mangel to-day. The land had been
sown away to permanent pasture not in over clean
condition. The cons/games was • rapid growth and
Fadof couch until, with the landlord's consent, it was
ploughed up. It was cleaned as follows :—Double raftering
n the winter followed by heavy dragging in the spring.
This brought ups miss of °ouch, bent and grass roots which
the fine dry of March enabled us to work out,
rake and burn, thereby securing three noble
heaps sabse for drilling The land was next ploughed,
and afterwards cultivated with two of Coleman's culti-
vators. These excellent instruments once more brought
ups large crop of coach, which was again harrowed,
chain harrowed gathered, and burnt A second plough-
ing was then given, and this time but little couch was
brought to the surface, and what little there was
gathered off as far as possible; and we trust the residue
will die from exposure to the sun. We are sowing from
seven to eight of seeds per acre, drilled with four cwt of
superphosphate and ashes. Five cert per acre of salt
vigil be broadcasted over the surface when the plants are
up. The water-drill is an excellent instrument, but it
Is expensive to work. and OD some classes of soils its
advantages are not spissrent It never took in the North
of England. but It is mat favourite upon the stone
brash soils of the CrsroW. There it ensures a plant
in Hie droaghttast times. but we notke that on the w,.ite
chalk soils of Hampshire Downs as good results are
obtained with lags trouble and expense by the ash drill.

The Queen has conferred the Order of Victoria and
' Albert upon the Duchess of Marlborough, in recogni-
tion of her grace's benevolent endeavours to mitigate
the distress in Ireland.
The Liberals of Poole intend to petition Parliament
for a Royal Commission to Inquire into the practioss
which have attended Parliamentary elections In that
borough for many years past. Should the prayer be
acceded to, Poole will run • grave risk of sharing the
fate of Bridgwater.
I Lord Lytton cannot quiet Afghanistan. Al 7
gathering of tribes in the Shilghur Valley is repo
and more risings have taken place in the Rurum
I Valley. Threatening movement+ in Southern Afghan-
istan are also mentioned.
The tribes in South-Western Arabia have recently
been giving Turkey much trouble; and the Sultan
gave orders to sand three battalions of troops to subdue
them; but there were no funds to defray the transport
and maintenance of the troops. Galata bankers would
advance not • farthing. So Instead of three battalions,
three engineers were iianiatrlied to the disturbed
districta, to assist the garrisons there by the erection
of earthworks I

It is stated that the Government will propose to
carry out the recommendations of Mr. Shaw-Lefevre's
Committee on the Bright clauses of the Land Ad, in
the hope that this 'rill arrest the agitation of Mr.
Parnell and the Land Longue.
LORD CLINTON AND TEIN GREAT UNPAID."—Lord
Clifton, the eldest son of the Esti of Darnley, has
had his name removed from the oommiseion of the
peace for Sent at his own request by the Lord
ChanoeUor. In announcing the step he hoe taken,
Lord Clifton says that it is a question how far it may
be useful in the interests of justice to appoint young
men just of age to such an office simply because they
are the sons of peers and landed proprietors. He
add.: "My views on the question of the great
unpaid will be known quite soon enough. I heartily
pray that it may never be my own fate to be triad by
a drumhead court-martial of generals, colonels,
yeomanry officers, and parsons. But at any rate I
will see the fanatic's or vaccination and education
much further before I do their dirty work for them
without being paid for it."
Callao was bombarded on the laud ult., and seriously
i The Peruvian corvette Union, which so
damaged.
pluckily eluded the Chalon squadron at Arica the
other day, has been caught by the enemy and nearly
destroyed. The Peruvian capital is now said to be
threatened by the Chilians.
Hamburg will have to smart severely for returning
a Socialist. The Pruanian Government is trying to
deprive the town of its rights as a free port, restrio-
tions ooncerning the importation of cattle have been
introdnoed which will give much annoyance and be a
drawback to bade, and it is proposed to connect
Berlin direct with Altona in order to avoid Hamburg.
Some surprise hie been expressed that Mr.
Stand rid has been left out of the new Govern-
ment. The reason, however, is wdl-lmown.
Mr. Btandeld has connected himself with so
many of the crotchety agitations which disturb the
surface of political life that he had become impossible.
He is not only an advocate of women's right* in the
widest 111•11141, bat he is anti-vivisectionist and • strong
opponent of the C.D. Act.— World
Mi. BEADLAVONI us ml Hoven—The House of
, Commons had quite an excited sitting on Monday. Mr.
Bradlaugh presented himself and claimed the
privilege of making an affirmation instead of taking
the usual oath. The having left the matter
with the House, Lord P. on behalf of the
Government, moved that the point should considered
by a select committee. This watt seconded by Sir
Stafford Northoote. Earl Percy moved the adjournment
of the debate, which was seconded by Mr. D. Onslow.
After • brisk disoawion the original motion was agreed
to, _

—Tim Peon= nr Tram:wt.—The general election in
England has completely changed the aver*, says the
Da* News. Suddenly every one has begun to believe
that there may yet be hope for the country. The
Christians were exultant at the result of the English
elections, and the Turkish population outside the ring
of Pasha. are equally delighted. They were utterly
i the non-interference of • Government
clvisCati at
cl promised to support reforms and yet had
done nothing but now hope that England will no
i longer !nand n the way of • joint European action.
Lord Beaoonsfleld's policy in Turkey during the last
four years has failed because of its isolated and would
be " ascendant " character. lithe Powers can succeed
In recalling the Chamber, and agree to support It, they
will find it the easiest way to secure the execution of
reforms.

Assmratn ELCIMIS Re rim INDIAN Fineman
ETATSMINT.—The statement In it. more definite form is
that the war expenses have been underestimated to this
ext-nt and that, consequently, the =mho shown in Sir
John Strachey's latest Budget is purely imaginary, a
ought to be replaced by a deficit of about equal
amount. So grave • charge as this, amounting as it
does to an accusation of almost inconceivable
miscalculation in a matter of vital consequence, must
be sifted to the bottom. So long as it remained • mere
unaccredited rumour, it might be set down among the
thousand and one cenards which were born amid the
heat and fervour of the late electioneering battle.
Now, however, that the extraordinary tale receives
explicit endorsement from the eon of the Prime
Minister, who even specifies the amount of the
deficiency as likely to be between four and five
millions, the public will insist on the most searching
inquiry.-01o6e.
Panics Lnorot.n.—The delay in Prince Leopold's
departure for Canada is ascribed by the World to his
possible intended marriage to • lady who is not •
and who visited the Prince Consort's
Memoletun last week with Prince Leopold and
Princess Beatrice. The young lady is very attractive,
and is poisoned of • colossal fortune.—A London
corespondent 'writes " I believe from all I hear
that Prince Leopold will be allowed to marry Mine
Maynard. Her Majesty, who was said to be adverse
to the proposal, is understood now to favour it, and
Lord Rosalyn has received Prince Leopold at his
home several times lately. Miss Maynard was at
the opera the other night. She is extremely pretty
and fascinating in her ways, and she is said to be a
very clever girl. Beyond this, she has • fortune of
£20,000 • year."
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