The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-01-27 00:00:00

At the next meeting of the National Bank of Ireland •
yearly dividend of eleven per cent. will be declared. Not
bad for the "diatreaeful country."

There are • few Galway landlords who suggest that the
Duchess of Marlborough might as well it up a fund to
relieve them, or at all events curtail the C ittle festivities,
which they will not be able to enjoy this low. They have
their grumble. In reduction of rents, Irish landlords have
given way—for the good and sufficient r, &son that they
saw no chance of getting it—no loss a sum in the aggre-
gate thaws million and • quart.r while it in
computed—and the computation ice tar nr—that rents
to the extent of two millions staling in excess of the
deficiency of ordinary years remained unpaid at Christ.
mae, and are likely to remain unpaid for many • long day
to come.

The friends of Mr. George Fordham will sympethise
with him at the inconvenience which be bas puttered at
the bands of the Duchess of Montrose and Mr. Crawford.
These worthy people proposed to entertain Mr. and Mn.
Fordham at Cannes; but on the arrival of the eminent
jockey he found no dressing-room available for him and
It wits of course impossible for him to remain.

The Liberal Whip has recently obtained returns from
nearly every constituency in the kingdom, and the result
Is eminently satisfactory to the leaders of the party. They
now feel absolutely assured of victory at the general elec-
tion, unless the local agents of the party are grossly mis-
informed or stupidly incapable. It is, of course, never
possible to forecast with certainty the course of condi-
tueneies under household suffrage They are tossed about
by every wind of (Tinton, and an might happen
between this and the general election which would upset
all present calculations. Barring any such contingency,
the estimate of the Liberal managers is that they will
win 96 borough and 7 county seats in England, ten seats
in Scotland. and six seats in Ireland, of which, however,
four will be taken by the Home Rulers. Leaving the
Home Rule seats out of view for • minute, the total gain
of the liberals will be 46, wanting 99 on • division. Thus
not only would the Tory majority be extinguished, but
the Liberate would command • sure and steady majority.
The House of Commons consists at present, speakiag
roughly, of 150 Conservatives, MO Liberals, and 50 Horns
Admit The abstraction of 49 votes, including the four
Home Rulers, reduces the Conservatives to about 300,
and at the same time raises the Liberal party
to about the same number. The balance of power,
therefore, rests with the Irish petty' bat it is well
known that there is a large section of that party who
are lAberals first and Home Rulers at ter. At least one-
half of them will give • steady support to the liberal
party; and Lord Harting/ton and his friends may therefore
take ogles secure for at least • couple of serious of •
considerable and obedient majority.
I heard • good story the other day of • yeomanry regi-
ment in the eastern counties. After the annual review,
the insrpecting-ofecer ordered the regiment to d some
outpost duty. The day was cold and wet, and some time
had elapsed before the dispositions were made and the
ins ng-officer could make hio tour of the outposts.
Riding up • hill he and hi. staff came upon • solitary ,
vedette shivering in the cold. "Now, my man," said the '
inspecting-offioer. "what are you? " What am I r said
the men. "Why, I am a— fool. lye been here for
three hours in the rain, and have had enough of it."
Count Schouvaloff on first arriving in England, when
be was comparatively obscure and unknown, found him-
self at dinner one evening bwide one of our so-called
rattles dames, whose haughtiness piqued, while it amused.
the discerning diplomatist The fish disposed of, be
hazarded • remark. No answer. An excellent salads
Russo made its aposarance, and the Count politely asked
permission to recommend one of the delicacies of his
country. A blank stare rewarded this effort. Not to be
beaten without • struggle, be ventured upon • third
observation towards the ice. With studied languor the
lady turned, and yawned, slowly, systematically,
capaciously, in his lace. "At'. madame, I feel for you,"
cried the Count, in a load voice, "I also have many teeth
stopped with gold."—A au.
The marriage of Garibaldi, which hoe just been annulled
In the Court of Appeal, took place under romantic circum-
stances, which are more widely known in their general
burden than in their detail. Everybody in Europe is
aware hew on the morrow of his wedding with Signor
Ralmondi he took his departure for Caprera, and never
again consented to see his wife. How the unfortunate
*Hair WU brought about only • few friends remember. It
was at the opening of the campairn of 1859. Garibaldi
was mooting the country bet w,en Varese and C. too, and
was about to give his troops the order to edemas, when a
handsome young lady on horseback entered the camp, and
requested the favour of an audience. She was the eldest
daughter of the Marchese Raimandi, by • sister of the
celebrated cantstrice Signoa Roticoni : and she brought to
Garibaldi, on what teemed to be undoubted authority, the
news of a concentration of Austrian troops, under General
Urban. on the Coils route. Garibaldi profited by the
advice, went through the Dwight) Vico Pass, and swept
the Austrian' put the lake. The young Iris on horseback,
however, had made such in impression on his stout heart
that directly after the peace of Villafrance he proceeded
to the Cut.ello Fino, the rent of the Raimondl family,
where he was hailed as the Liberator of Italy by his fair
friend amongst all others; seeing which, on the same
evening he asked her hand from her father.