The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-06-01 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETVE, TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1880

the right to the grotuid game, is by arguing the ages
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• take care of himself. ins charities will only require
DORCHESTER, TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1,00. to be mere trifles when able-bodied Englishmen are
i put in on each of a suitable piece of ground,
aocor to the time they can spare from wage-earn-
ing, given inalienable righta over it all the year round,
so long as it is cultivated, and made to tutderstand that
their own labours must provide for their wanti. And
why the necessary rates should be thrown on the
tenant-farmers remains to be shown. Gentlemen who
hire shoottflzl are not, that we ever heard, remarlusblis
for their pWanthropy, and if the preservation of game
at enormous cootie to be aimed, obviously more money
be applicable for the benefit of mankind. while If
landlords are unable to take the burdens of their
estates, they had better relieve their estates from the
burdens of destructive rabbits and game at enormous
cost. Of course lamentation would be general should
fox.huntlng be leas followed; but even extensive land-
owners will hardly argue that the crafty varmint
should occupy land to the prejudice of a down homes.
If si, how is the greatness and strength of our United
Kingdom to be =slut dned in the taco of the ever-
Increasing populations of her rivab I Certain it is that
farmers as well as labourers are being increasingly
tempted by rich and free and broad lands elsewhere,
and utile= England is really for the English. we may
yet see Greater Britain beckon more and more of the
real workers to where they shall not be ground down
by customs that ought long ago to have been worn-
out. The threat that foxes will rob the poultry. yards
I. laughable, we can trust the average working English
race to be ma quickly a match for the race of Bnynard
as they were for that of the wolf, if onus sentiment
and consideration for claw pleasures be out of the way.
But it will be locg before it comes to that, for
" Extensive Landowners" will amend their argument,
quickly. discovering the tsllacy of basing it on the
producing Englishman's profit or loos.

THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S PROGRAMME.
At last, after years of two-sided wrongdoing by the
set of people permitted by England to rule While the
real Government were gaining repose, the stoPlla.Ps
are disposed of, and the workers are in power again.
Those who were only masterly in their activity, but
blamable when they began to move, may do that for
which they are fittest—go to the House of Lords or
some other refuge from the cares and anxieties of real
work, may aMaiC themselves by seeing the roses
bloom at Ilughenden, or repeat the stak platitude
that the liberty of the PITS.S IS most important, and
must not be abused, preparatory to abusing it by an-
other mystery. The deserters from the Liberal cause
who have found Imperialism help them to grand
clothes and gay deckings, may with all the approval
of the United Kingdom return to their expositions
and illustrations of "Things are not what they seem, "
since their decoration-manufacturing-machinery is not
longer allowed to mangle humanity, and paint bright
uniforms with our fellow-creatures blood. So long
as they amuse themselves with stars and garters in the
gilded chamber, no great harm is done, in fact that which
ts not useful may be made apparently ornamental,
and be the signs of a centre of respect that may re-
lieve the wearers from the danger of insignificance they
may seem to have a larger share than usual of
that— "The master-organ, souls' rest, and trite
pineal gland of the Body Social—l mean a Purse. '
But, leaving the down-fallen players, turn we to the
plan of work. Early and complete fulfilment of the
Treaty of Berlin. A grand aim, since, among things,
it should include the enlargement of free Greece, the
setting up of something like a counterixiise to despot-
ism advancing from the north. The Greeks have
given its much of thc best if out literature, much
forward-thinking philosophy, mush of our traditions
which beckon im to still-advancing freedom. And
although they eventually fell victims to their inordinate
love of chatter, whereby they expended force which
ought to have been employed in work, yet ages of re-
pression have taught them that energy and industry
are necessary to make up a people complete in
strength as in aspirations. If the mechanical majority
of despot-ridden Russia is to be prevented from
treading dovrn the freenations of the Balkan peninsula,
as it has shattered the shell of rotten Turkey, some
living and progressive race must be leader of the pop-
ulations. Austria, with difficulty holding her dual
kingdom, will either be too great a failure to be en-
trusted with Constantinople, or too great a power
to hold the key of the Euxine. Let us, by the
enlargement of Greece, give her a fair trial and set
whether she is fitted to be the heiress of the Porte.
Afghanistan to be settled and withdrawn from, and
Indian finance to be repaired, are giant tasks, worthy
of the most hardworking of Englishmen and the
master of accounts, though the difficulty of the work
might well appal any but those who take a pleasure in
re-building what has been nearly destroyed. Con-
federation of English provinces in South Africa, while
combined with protection of the native races, will be
another work not to be scamped by the mission of
biartini-Ifenry, even although those who believe
mainly in force should hurry troops across the border '
to make a foe and beat him down. In Ireland the
policy of patience and justice is to be tried for the
preservation of peace, instead of abridgment of liberty;
let us hope the Irish nationalists will give a fair chance
for the success of conciliatory measures by the party
who desire to grant all that can be safely allowed.
The Burials question is to be settled, and unseemly
differences are not to be allowed to disturb those
bowed down by grief. But in this matter as well as
with reference to voting, education of the public mind
is more required than legislation, for until reasonable
people learn how insignificant is the value of the body,
a superstitious reverence will always give occasion
for seeking profit out of the tenderest affections.
When will mourners take to heart the apostle's plain
statement—" Thou sowest not that body which shall
be"? Again, as to secret voting, there is much to be
desired in the way of sturdy English independence,
before we can dispense with the renewal of the Ballot
Act, and trust in every man that he will have the
courage of his convictions. Passing these two items,
we come to a programme of new work, short, but
which will probably be quite enough for the present.
The crying injury of ground game is to be limited and
if possible removed from farmers, arid let us hope that
therewith the nuisance to the poor man, caused by
keepers jealous of his every movement, may also be
dmlt with, and the right of the public to customary
footpaths be vindicated and made the care of the
Legislature. At present many keepers are at almost
continual war with those who have no parks or grounds
of their own, and the man who is not content to con-
fine himself to the high road is in danger of being
hunted about and made a criminal of against his will
and intent. The injuries to workmen caused by their
employers' machinery arc no doubt far more numerous
in the busy hives of the North than here, an I we have
less interest in this part of the "programme, while we
feel more anxious about the assimilation of the County
and Borough franchise than for the lowering of the
qualification in Ireland; but the main ideas of all the
suggestions are those of restoration, safety, and pro-
ems, extension of justice abroad and at home, care
for the people as fellow-creatures, more than the
conservation of the vested interests of the few.

THE BURIALS BILL.
The Gladstone Ministry have made a modest com-
mencement in that course of Liberal legislation
which may be expected to be carried out during the
next few yea a. They have been at discreet in not
attempting to deal with any great tiO,j.ct at this
period of the Parliamentary session as they have been
provident in not allowing the session to pass without
attempting some needful reform. In taking up the
Boris bs Que.stina, they will give their supporters in
the country an earnest of their intention to carry out
what may be termed the mandate of the general
election. Apart from all consideration for the tech-
nical convenience of Parliamentary business, which
has doubtless been oonsidsred in the course adopted,
It has doubtless been good policy to initiate the new
Burials Bill in the House of rdi. That awat
assembly had already committed itself to • considera-
ble 11161111FUre of conoeulon, while the strong Tory
majority in the lower House refused to consider any
reasonable compromise. Now that they know how
much larger a majority there is on the Liberal side in
the Commons, their lordships will not be lees acorn-
mo bating than when there was no sort of political
pressure behind them. On the contrary, they wiU
ororbdably be rather sage! than otherwise to accept
Selborne's Bill lest ' a worse thing" come upon
them. The Lord Chancellor has judidously gone
somewhat further in his measure than Mr. Osborne
Morgan did in his bill, or Lord Harrowby in the clause
to which the lords assented by a considerable majority.
The principle of the new bill is, in fact, that of
establishing entire religious freedom in the services of
the grave. Further than that it does net pretend
to go, for it makes no provision for " secular "
funerals, with non-religious orations or °bare-
anoes. Every address or utterance which it
proposes to legalise must form part of • religious
service. There is, therefore, no provision for the
burial, in consecrated ground, of the body of • person
of Mr. Bradlaugh's views by relatives or friends of the
same views if such coincidence of opinion in the
deceased and the bereaved should in any case exist.
For the non-believer there will still be, of course, the
unconsecrated side of the churchyard, and the
unbiased portion of the modern cemetery—that Is if
any sort of non-religious celebration is attempted but
without any service or ceremonial, consecrated gi
will apparently be open even to non-Christians. Lord
Selborne has dune well in going beyond even the old
churchyaris in legislating for rel one freedom, and
bringing the modern cenuiterisi wit in the scope of his
bill. Of course there is not the same pressing griev-
ance in regard to the latter as to the former class of
burial-grounds. In the rural silage there is only the
churchyard available for burial, and only the distinc-
tion of the larger consecrated portion, sad the mineg
unblessed part reserved for suicides or still-beeninfante. There it is simply • question whether a
concession shall be granted to religions Meantime
which can give legitimate personal offence or pain to
no individual churchman or whether an extension or
restriction shall be maintained which does give notional
offence and pain to individual Dissenters. But, while
opening the churchyards, which are defended by many
churchmen simply and solely because of their being
generally in England the enclosures within which the
churches stand, it was hardly worth while to leave
even the shadow of • grievance in the cemeteries, to
which the same stroglrlt of exclusion sloes not
extend. It was rec that if • person, being a
churchman, pure a family grave in the copse-
crated portion of a cemetery,
_and afterwards, becoming
• Dissenter, were not entitled to the same rights with
respect to that grave as if it existed in • churchyard,
; the fag-end of a !grievance would remain to necessitate
• fresh legislation in the proximate future. One feature
' of the bill should not be overlooked—the legalisation
' of • varied or shorter form of the Anglican servioe.

" It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest" wily be
well applied to an anonymous writer, who not only
brings charges against the neighbourhood in which he
lives, but does it under an assumed name, and takes
the trouble to write to • distance, spreading the
accusation as far as he can. The fault' of Dorchester
may not be hidden, and the Local Board appear to
be very slow in providing even surface drainage for
the western district, but wlhen an accusation is brought
against some one of the dairies of this district, and
people at a distance are to be prejudiced against this
beautiful and healthy town, we feel the Dorchester
people have a right to demand the name of the writer
and of the dairy accused. With respect to the alarm-
ing charge sent down into Somerset, we shall not
further publish by repeating it, but quote the medical
officer of health, who writes :
is far se it is possible to say the drainage of no dairy
In this district would warrant such a supposition. If he
(the correspondent) had not withheld his name and
aldrers fr, in the public, yoo would not have been troubled
with this note. Instead of rushing into print it would
have been far bettor and saved much time had he com-
municated either with the Inspector of If utaances or with
me. To say the least, we are as anglous as hp would
have us believe him to be for the health of the community,
and wish to inspect the spot at once—if he will only tell
I one or other of us where it is."—E. J. Day.

LORD BEACONSFIELD'S REAL SPEECH.
The Earl of Beaconsfield having stated in his letter
to the Jima that the report of his speech published
" conveys in every sense the reverse of what he ex-
pressed," we have, in order to discover his real mean-
ing, reversed what was reported of him, and trust
that now at least an authoritative statement of his
views may be discovered.
His lordship, at the outset, made no reference to
the sudden change which iad taken place in the posi-
tion of the party, but declared he saw every reason to
despair of the future. IlConservati yes were true to them.
selves and their principles, he did not look forward to
their return to power. Not surprised was he that
Mr. Gladstone should have been prevailed on to as-
sume the Premiership, and to associate with it the
duties of Chancellor of the Exchequer. It had never
been rumoured that it was his ( Lord Beaconsfield's )
intention to retire from the leadership of the party ;
but he had given full grounds for such a supposition,
and even if it were thought advantageous he should
retain the leadership, whatever ability he might possess
must be withheld from their service, lie did not
recommend the Conservative party to remain in
opposition. Radicalism was not now triumphant ;but its
success would be permanent, lie had not used any
care to trace the cause of the altered feelings which
had come over the constituencies, but had come to the
conclusion it was not the result of a desire for a change
of Government, but the consequence of dislike to
Conservative principles and of personal antipathy to
the men who had been at the helm during the past six
Personally, he considered it possible for such a
elr.
Ministry as the present, with its harmonious elements,
to be of long duration. The noble lord concluded by
expressing his displeasure at seeing Lord Carnarvon
present.
We congratulate the Earl on the most sensible
utterance he has ever given since his opinions
*a political subjects were'‘ modified."

South Africa is requiring the deepeet attention.
The rank and file of Liberalism are sorely displeased
with their leaders for retaining Sir Bartle Frere and
for their general adoption of the policy of their pre-
decessors ; but a new trouble is looming ahead. The
Basutoe are exciting the gravest apprehension, and •
Basuto war is regarded ar an event not only possible,
but very probable. Afghanistan' too, affords a per-
plexing problem. Lord Hartiorrton ham to construct
• policy of pacification and settlement out of his own
mind. He complains that his predecessors have left
behind them not the faintest indication of what they
intended to do in this matter. This leads some to
think that Lord Beaconsfield and Lord Salisbury
really meant wholesale annexation, and are now
anxious that their intentions should be concealed.
For our part we believe that the late Government never
got even so far in considering the question as Lord
Ilartington is now. They hadn't got a policy. There
isn't any Mrs. Harris.
The facts have oozed out with regard to Lord
Beaconsfield's too peremptory contradiction of the
reports of his address which the Press Association got
hold of. It is the old story of both being right. Lord
Beaconsfield was correctly reported as far as he was
reported at all; but there were certain bits of advice,
chiefly tactical, which he gave to his followers, and
which were not reported. The sense of these it is
easy to conjecture; they were Beaconsfieldian all over,
and that is enough to say.

GAME, FOXES. OR MEN AND WOMEN?
Vested interests of coarse may be expected to resist
to the uttermost any limitation even of their encroach-
and when so common sense • proposition is
matte as that of removing from the farmer the
isjestioe of keeping his landlord's live stock: and from
the peasant youth the temptation to illicit ' sport," it
was but natural we should expect an outcry. "An
axtanalve landowner in the Eastern counties" is credited
with the following :

Poor Planchzi is lying dangerously ill, and at his
age his recovery is doubtful. We also regret to report
the serious illness of • much younger man, who a few
years ago was in the running of a bishopric. Canon
Mills:, the Rector of Greenwich, is breaking up, and
somewhat before his time, as he is only • little over
60. When Mr. Gladstone was in power some years
ago and member for Greenwhich, Dr. Millar was
often named for a bishopric, and on one occasion had
to contradict the rumour that he had been offered the
see of Salisbury. Mr. Planell6 has since died.

"Before the bill on the ground game becomes law it is
well that fox-hunters should consider what their position
will ba There is no doubt that in the course of two or
Wee years there will be not be • hare to be seen, and but
very few rabbits, should the right to kill these be given t 3
the tenant,. Then what is the fox to feed on, for all who
know wiling about game are well aware thst the idea of
foxes li on molar and rata is a delusion. There will be
nothing t for them but partridges and pheasants, both
of which at the present time they kill in great numbers
It Is quite out of the question to supp we that after this
bill is passed game preservers will consent to keep foxes
in their carers. I am In the habit of rearing upwards 4
gm° pheasant* every year, and without fear of contradic-
tion, aseert that I lose fully 1,000 young I iris after the let
of September and before the middle of November, which
are killed by the foxes. If there were no hares and rabbits
I should lose double that nusailxir. There is no doubt that
rabbits do considerable mischief to the crow, but the
Laws done by hares is very much overestimated. The
rabbit will bite and sio destroy • number of turnips in ene
eight, while the hare confines itself to one root. I con-
sider that the tenant by haring the right to the ground
gam* will be • loser rather than • gainer. Gentlemen will
net hire shootings and preserve game at an enormous cost
for the sake of partridges and pheasants alone, as the
latter birds, besides being very costly to rear, yield only a
few days' next and as many landlords ate unable to
reside on their own estates, the rates and charities of the
ratwould be thrown on the tenant farmers, and if
are unable to Ind "ancient rabbits for food the
poulny_yards in the neighourhood would suffer to a con-
siderable extent'
Bo a great reform is to be delayed because Charley is
In danger of not keeping in good fettle on rabbits and
hares, and will have to resort to the costly preserved
birds furnish the Intellectual sport of the ?Katlic.
Let us condole with the pheasant preserver on his
doleful loss of 20 jper cent, of his dear pheasants, and
aTO that the loon is likely to fall in future more
lly on himself than on those who pay his rent.
But when we come to contemplate the picture of
ration= declining to hire shooting anti preserve
geese it is indeed a disastrous one, parts of
ecwstsa in Scotland way pass away front t wealthy
man's red deer into the holdings of stalwart High-
landers, thriftily rearing a loyal race upon the grain
they feed men on in Scotland and horses in England.
The whirr of the partridge and the flash of the
ecmay retire before the shouts of " little vulgar
" and instead of the calm rural retreats, where
my Crackabot and the Rev. Izaak Walton Any
aecapy their gentlemanly Weenier from the profas rn
trvirts, we may have rose-covered cottages, cosy little
homesteads, and instead of the rush croes-oonntry of
the mine% there shall be the sound of children merry
es " trotatiets in a pool." Of course it is • "iladicai
hope to content phte our rural districts becoming
populous and England strong in • numerous and well.
rooe=try ; it would be far easier that the lame r
the country glades should remain a wad wr
foxes. But we note with pletasnre that the writer
involuntarq justifies the measure against rabbits by
admitting• The rabbit will bite and so destroy -a
numbse of turnips in one night." The way he attein
be miss oat SU& tb• taunt will be • loses by hating

There is some gossip in the papers about an absurd
proposition to increase the allowance of the Prince of
Wales from £40,000 a year (poor Prince I) to £lOO,OOO,
As H.R.H. receives from the Duchy of Cornwall some
scores of thousands besides, we fully expect an Indig-
nant disclaimer from the Prince stating that the
proposition is "In every sense the reverse' of what he
wished to say. Some of our toadies seem determined
to do the Prince on injury ; but the people of Rngland
who have under a score shillings a week will resent the
sycophantic insolence, while every youth who has read
his Eton grammar will be ready to warn the
worshippers of Royalty that
Cresett attar suseini quantum ipas peeunia ereseit.
The Prince should briskly resent the imputation
that he needs to imitate poor little Smike, and " ask
for more."

Chums ONtacet.—The Rev. W. C. Osborne was to party Init. had been taken advantage of for the
unable to take the duty at this church on Sunday.: in purples oe political 09aleught characterised tm me
consequence of being incapacitated by • "seisms on mind by Intense, _ L' What A
mtheoniodUaty bhyoa.btiegoadtrayaaaMaroouaadiapassirse I ea:wintry
rey,tbateutuntbatwit
unwarranted
gain imorningbvenl4ll. sand PALYldlt4cdtey
night. The aged incumbent was, we are glad to heart statements I have yet to learn.
PLITIZIAN.
rather better on Monday. morning.
Eireautto BOOT3.—Shzabetie HOURACji, on remand, May 25th.
was charged with stealing *pair of boots value be. 6d., (The above was crowded out of the Tdegrain I
the property of Mr. di, y.—Th. evidence having
bean read over, a boy in the employ of Mr. Frisby STRATTON.
said that he did not sell the prisoner a pair of boots.— RILIGTOUS INSTRUCTION IN BOARD SCHOOLS.—The
Supt. Coward proved apprehending trisoner.—The Education Department addressed :incubus on the
woman, a pitiable old soul, was sentenced to three subject to 1,859 School Boards, and from the result it
days' imprisonment, appeared that there were only 49 &Awl Boards in
NOISLII EXLITTLL Another Instance has taken ngland and Wales which provided no religions
place, of the good feeling evinced by some landowners to instruction in Board schools. We may add that
their tenants, struggling against a succession of bad several School Boards innocently replied to the
osseous. His Grace the Duke of Bedford, who, in the Department's circular to the effect the.. instruction
year ending Lade-day, 1879. rannifirtentlY granted a was regularly given in the Church Catechism. be
remission of 50 per cent, of their rents to his tenant*, following are among the Boards which were founitobe
has for the'yearending Bth April, 1880, very generously giving denominational religious instruction in Board
remitted IS per cent. It has been calculated that them schools, In contravention of the Temple Clause
two 'tombstone probably amount in the aggregate to Hillfarrance, Oak, Heawgeid, and Woolavington
between 9100,000 and £120.000. (Somerset). Stratton (Dorset). These Boards were,
DISORDiRLT W OMLN.—Jarte Dare was charged with DO doubt, immediately charged by the Department to
creating a disturbance and spawning • R.H.A. soldier discontinue this form of religious Instruction.—School
on S y.—Sergeant Mitchell stated that on Smiley Board 6r/weskit,
night, between nine and ten, be was called to
street to to quell a disturbance. He went in company
with P.O. Umld, and saw • large crowd in front of the
King's Head. Saw prisoner knock the soldier Corns
down ; hechad him up, and took him to the barracks
and 1 up the prisoner.—Prisoner was sentenced
to one month's imprisonment, and the moldier was
cautioned.
fknooL ATTRIDANCIL—.On Monday, at ;the Borough
Police-court, before the Mayor (W. Durden,
and Alderman Gregory, in the adjourned came of
Mosey Diment, Samuel 8111801, Thomas Major, and
Wet. Henry Systes.—Mr. T. A. Pearce proved that
the orders made by the magistrates had not been em-
ptied with.—ln the mule of Diment, she was findl
21. &1., and allowed a week to cay.—Bullen was
adjourned till the last Monday in Jana—Major was
fined 2s. &1., and allowed • week to pay.--Symes,
whose boy was II on the 11th of June, was diemissed.
—ln the cases of John Dere and Josiah Seal orders
were made.
Ties BUTT' OF Ms. H. P. PATS; who oas blown
up in the explosion at the gas-works, was the cause of
much sorrow to many inhabitant." of Dorchester on
Tuesday morning. Mr. Payne was • teacher at the
Congregational Sunday School, S oth-etreet ; he had
been suffering from rheumatic fever for about a fort-
night. Mr. Payne has suffered from rheumatism
from the time he was 1.3, and when quite young
received at the time he was laid up • prise he had won
for drawinig. He had been seven years • collector for
the Great Western Railway, and just ever seven years
for the Gas Company, was at one time secretary of
the Working Men's Institute, Southotreet, and
secretary of the Excelsior Cricket Club. General
sympathy was felt for his parents, the directors of
the Gas Company sent a letter of condolence to them,
and about 50 Sunday school teachers and other
Wended his funeral on Thursday afternoon lase
FoRDINOTON BILLS rang a welcome on Friday to
the Vicar, Rev. A. Leonard; but it was not publicly
known whether the rev, gentleman had wilted until
the following morning. As the vicarage is to be
repaired, the vicar will not go into residence for a few
week. The Rev. A. A. Leonard preached on Sunday
at St. George's, Fordington, his morning text being
taken from Luke xvi., —"lf9l. they hear not Moms
and the prophets, neither will they be pomaded
though one rose from the dead." The preacher ably
pointed cut, among other considerations drawn from his
text, the main one—that if we do not give heed to the
menage calling al to repentant:* and faith, if we do
not use the odinary means of grace, we have no right
to expect extraordinary privileges; if we resist it we
shall find we have et/ bluntd our consciences and
blinded our eyes and hardened oar hearts, that no
miracle will hove power to convince, not even though
one roes from the dead.
BIIWA.OI POLLUTION OF RITIRS.—Oer whole 00nree
of legislation as to sanitary matters during the last
quarter of a century has b en either right or wrong.
If wrong, great oost has been unnecessarily incurred
by the country, and the least that can be done Ii to
put • Mop to all public expenditure for sanitary pur-
poses of the kind without further delay. If right, it
is • scandal to our legislation that, while river pollu-
tion in principle Is prohibited, its perpetration should
be exceptionally legalised in the very spot in which it
is at once the most wholesale and most dangerous. As
to this. as fm as can be indicated by the precedents
to which, on former occasions, we have called atten-
tion, the tribunals would have done justice to the
reclamations of the Conservators of the Thames. If
the tribunals had declared their own Incompetence to
do so, in face of the exceptional character a the legis-
lation as to the drainage of London, there would have
been • good ground on which to appeal to Parliament.
Whatever be by chance the exact state of the law in
this matter, there can be no question as to the fact.
River pollution either is or is not an evil and • terrible
danger. If it is not, let us be set at rest on the subject
at once. If it is, why is the metropolis to be exposed
to a source of danger from which we are steadily
endesvouring to free leas important towns I—Builder.
THE DOROHFATBR. ELECTION RIOTS.
To the tailor.
Sir,—After having denounced Toryism as unspar-
ingly as my capability permitted, supporting my
contentions with facts and my explanations with
authorities—after having answered all " Anon's "
questions, and critically examined all portions of his
letters calculated to lead to an argument—" Anon "
now informs me that it is quite impossible for me to
den him into a political controversy I All I can say
is thet if his letters are not oontrovsnial I never mad
any which were. However, I bow to " Anon's " Inti-
mation, and mime to be disputatious. There is one
creation of " Anon's " to which I cannot but briefly
refer, and that is "the sober sad contented working
man." I hive before said that an individual of this
type would be a rarity. I believe he would be as
Interesting • study as the man who upon being smitten
on one side of hn face will meekly turn the other to
the miter. These inoongruous specimens of
humanity would be objects of constant philosophical
Interest, and probably lead to further evolutionary
theories at present undreamt of by either • Darwin or
• Huxley? What is the lot of a working man? In
ninety-nine cases out of • hundred it is a hard struggle
fee existence. Should be have • wife and family
dependent upon him he may see the mother of his
children, • bonny, buxom, and almost everlasting
-
looking lass when they were first married, now nothing
but skin and bone, and wearing even that away for
want of proper support in the constant and heart-
rending effort to make both ends meet. He may see
his children ravenously eye the bit of meat brought in
on Saturday night for Sunday, and which, though
easily capable of being made invisible in one attack,
has to do duty for more than half the week, "that
father may take • hit with him for dinner."
He may see his boys doomed to • d
as melancholy se his own, and the future of hinetre,
and here the shoe often pinches, for he knows some-
thing of the temptations to which Mg are especially
liable, he cannot contemplate without a pang. He is
a sober working-man—a thoughtful and careful one as
well, and with, perhaps, more than the average culture
of his clam Can this man be content? Content with
what? Cervantes says" when one is contented there is
no more to be cleared " and • well-known modern
writer says—" Contentinent under poverty, hunger,
and miaery, is high treason, not to yourself alone, but
to your fellows. These three,ilike foal diseases, spread
quickly wherever humanity s stagnant and content
with wrong." "The philosophy of discontent "has yet
to be written,: but it will requires philosopher to write
It. " Anon never says anything concerning the con-
tented working man who cannot exactly be called
boner. Perhaps he may not have met with any. I
have, and they have been about the only contented
specimens I have come across. lam sorry to lA, they
are not yet extinct, and am inclined to think they
never Will be. They are thaw who are content to live
in dirt and wretchedness, content to be mean, selfief
servile, and ignorant, contentln their µtier joss of
true manliness, and content to stereo their families in
supporting the pot-house. Contentment is one
resignation another. I have never denied on any the
liberty of judgment —quite the reverse—and what I
have said can never admit of this construction.
"Anon " has more than once complained of my quota-
tions from his letters. I have quoted so as to fairly
and clearly (apron his meaning, neither more nor
leas, and this only was necessary. I have
already stated that with me " Toryism" and
" Conservatism" are synonymous. To show him that
I was not exceptional in this I gave him several
references and definitions which I asked if he could
more clearly define, but which be never noticed.
I have previously defined in compliance with "Anoe'e"
request the term "working dames," and that
ton included my own condition. "Anon" say.
When I reflect upon England's greatness at home
and &bind, end remember that whatever may be
said to the contrary, Imperialism has been the great
factor in its sttaiement," I wish Anon" would say
what be means I.y "Imperialism." The result. of
Imperialism I fully referred to in my last letter. The
Imperialism of France ended at Sedan. The co
quencee of ours we may now happily avert ; had it
continued there are two calamities which would
most assuredly have been the result—ianether Indian
mutiny and a revolution at home, preceded by • con-
scription. "Aeon" says "I am not at all disposed to
beep infamy upon • Conservatism which reveres that
greatness and seeks to uphold it." (England's great-
ness is here referred to.) " Nor am I • wit more pre-
pared to accept unchallenged that gospel of liberty
which to my mind appeals not so much to the reason
of its opponents as seeks to inflame • spirit of party
spite and discontent in its adherents." In my last
freedom-loving,
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which makes per maimed infamy impossible. It
has been " hostlie to liberty, hostile co
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misrule decide- "Anon's" following comments upon
" Toryism" and " liberalism" I upon the whole agree
with. To maintain the vested interests resulting
from Industry, character, and ability, is essential for
the harmony and prosperity of the community.
" Liberty, equality, and y," is practically an
absurdity in any sense, and were they established to-
day they would cease to exist to-ruorrow, There are
vested interests, however, which require closely
scrutinising, and which have too long clogged the
wheels of progress, prominent amongst them being
that_great obstruction to religious liberty and equality
pension list, an annual burden of bout sixteen
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either justice or common sense, require • careful con-
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cannot be doubted. May it come quicker than many
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BLANDIOIID.
CHORAL FESTIVAL.
Under the anspkes of the Salisbury Diocesan Choral
Association, a festival of choirs of • number of churches
In the vicinity was held ill the parish church at Blandford
on Thursday last. The choristers aseetablod In the Corn
enduinge about noon, when, by the kindness of the
rector. the Rev. C. H. num-Clinton, they partook of
refreshments.
The service itself commenced at three o'clk at which
hour the clergy and suridioed choirs having , marched
from the rectory garden to the church. headed by four
members of Mr. R. Ryan' band Messrs. T. Hunt, J.
Young, T. Nuncktoth and G. James/. singing, as • pro-
oessional,the hymn, 'Forward be our watchword," to a
tune by IL tat&by. As the procession entered the church
the TOWN were augmented by the unsurpliced choirs and
congregation, and the attains taken up by the organ, with
aact; the blending of the band, the voices, and
orpltioombined with good time and tune, producing •
grand and thrilling volume of sound. The music is rather
of the martial style, and is full of life. The choirs taking
part in the service were :—Blandford, Charlton, Child
Okeford, Keynesian, Pimpte-ne,_ Rushton. Spetisburl,
numbortng (Si trebles, 92 altos. 20 tenors. 21 beam, total
124.
The clergy who took part in the procession were :—The
Rev. C. H. Fynes-Clinton (rector of Blanelford), Rev. R.
C. Twine (curate of Blandlord). Rev. H. Everett (rector
of Holy Trinity, Dorchester). Rev. Canon Farealmrson
(Langton), 1t,,. A. P. Blunt (Spetiebore). Rev. J. W.
Cattle (einarlton), Rev. J. G. Bremer (Child Okeford),
Rev. K Dowland (Keyamtmet Ale. R. Watts (Stout.
paean), Rev. A.B. Lad/mood (Turnworth), and the Rev.
Kilts Barnes (Winterborne Nonckton), The hymn,
" There is • blessed home," was sung to • tune by Dr.
Stainer. The preces sad responses were nabs, and the
service was intoned by the Revs. C. H. Fyne.-Clinton and
H. Barnes. The special psalms were lxxxi. and cull,
and were sang to Anglicism chants, the former being by T.
A. Walmisley, and the latter by W. Byrd (1629). The
Bagnificat and None Dimittis were both by Berthold
Tours, and were sung in unison, with organ acoolneeni-
ment The Apostles' Creed having been monotoned
in G., with organ accompaniment, the remainder
of the responses were taken by the unaurrliced
choirs and the congregation. After the third
collect Mandsluohn's chorale, " &Aspen awake, a voice is
calling." from the oratorio gt. Feat was vary nicely sung,
In which a trumpet obligate (performed by Mr. T. Runt)
was effectively introduced. • low extempore bars on
the organ_ followed, after which Dr. Smart's anthem.
" The Lord is my strength," was sung. The hymn before
the sermon was "Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven,"
kora the "The Song of Praise." which was sung partly
unison and partly in harmony to a tune by Sir John
The sermon was preached by the Rev. LI. Everett, rector
of Holy Trinity Dorchester. who took for his text Rev. iv.
1, "Alter this I looked, and behalf, • door was opened in
heaves; end the first voios which I heard was as it were
of • trumpet talking with we; which said, 'Come up
hither and I will show thee things which must be here-
after.' " After alluding to the wonderful visions of St.
John, the preacher proceeded to speak of the mode of
worship in the church. He mid the choirs were all met
together, and their chief object ought to be the worship of
God. But, alas, how little WY that object understood by
many who went to church. This might be readily
ascertained by asking people what they went to church
for. The reply received in many instances was to the
cleat that they went to "larch to my their prayers and
hear some person preach. But true worship wee the
giving of honour from en inferior to a superior, the cone.
mon end being the giving of tribute to Him alone who is
worthy ; not, as it were, to go to market to buy food for
their souls, but the giving of true homage as shown in the
lives and writings of St. Paul, and, coming to men of
later times. of Luther, John Wesley, Charles Wesley, and
othent The old Psalms of David were not a deed letter,
but should be more in conformity with the designs, in-
tentions, and spirit of their author, and not, as we. t
frequently the case, in that indifferent manner which
might justly be described u • brawling duet between parson
and clerk. During the lest century or so the proper use
of the Psalms in • true spirit of worship had been. to • great
extent, neglected ; but now, thanks to the efforts of
diocesan association., choral festivals, and the like, • vast
improvement was being effected, and the services of the
Church were becoming what they ought to be. The
Preacher then spoke of the singing of the hymn by our
Lord and his disciples ere the Master entered the garden
of Gethsemane, of the singing of Paul and Silas in prison.
of the voice which w.tke Luther in his cell; and also that
singing which routed William the Conqueror to 6ght that
I memorable battle which go changed the destinies of
Basked. He then proceeded to speak of good singing in
charcb, I and refeired to slovenly hymn-sinews as
being specially obiectihnable compared with the welluung
anthem. Appealing particularly to the choirs that day
assembled, he inquired, "What lithe character of the age
to-day I" Did it not, he asked, savour too much of irrever-
ence, cold service, and utter mockery I The behaviour of
many members of choirs, even in some of the cathedrals,
was not what it should be. No, it wee often even sad and
disgraceful. How frequently were membered • choir seen
handing their music from one to the other daring the
reading of the lessons or during other parts of the service,
lust as if the other portior.s of the service than the
singing bed nothing to do with them. The whole of the
service, both the ameba' and other portions, should be
reverently and carefully carried out. Bad behaviour and
irreverence, it should be remembered, were contagious,
and conee.3eently spread from one to another, from the
older to toe yonager members of • congregation. Their
service to God wet either • reality or a sham, and if the
latter, how appalling the thought Deception before God
wee impossible. In WM1031012, the preacher exhorted his
hearers to do their utmost to make the service of the
Church • serviee of thanksgiving and praise on earth, such
aswould undoubtedly be the service of the Church
triumphant in heaven.
The service was well rendered throughout.
BOUHNEXOTITH,

selfish

dead-

AITZSITTZD Sciome. At the police court, on
Friday, • servant girl, 16 years of age, named Anima
Gun was brought before Lieut.-Colonel Verner and
Mr. F. C. Hyde, charged with attempting to commit
suicide on the 9th of May. The glrl, in a state of
mental depression through having her fortune told by
a strange IVOMSO to the effect that the world would be
full of trouble to her, cut her throat so badly with a
table knife that only prompt medical aid saved her
life. The parents, who live at Boecombe, both stated
that some of their family had shown symptoms of
Insanity , and the three medical men who gave evidence,
stated that the girl in all probability suffered from
hereditary mental depression, and might have
attempted to destroy herkU in a fit of temporary mad.
nem Mr. Preston, for the defendant, pleaded mental
incapability on the part of the girl, but the magistrates
committed her for triaL—Wtlluzes Warne, 20, and
Laois Broglie, for stealing • tricycle belonging to
Samuel Minty, • builder, were sentenced to • month's
hard labour.

THE DERBY.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke of
Edinbuqh, &c. ,_witnessed the Derby. The weather I
was brilliant. The furze on Epson Downs caught fire, t
but this did not prevent the race coining off. The
course was hard as adamant.
Lge't 1)46°8 2to I against Bend Or (taken) ; 15
to 2 against Robert the Devil (taken) i 20 to 1 against
Mask (taken); 7 to ion Von der MUM Bto 1 on
Muncaster 112 to 1 on Apollo ; 7 to ion Ercildoune ;
TS to 1 on Teviotclale ; 33 to 1 on Cylinder, Valentino,
and Fire King: 50 to 1 on Drayoutt and Mariner;
100 to 1 on Proctor and Zealot. •
THE RAGE.
It was fully ten minutes behind time before the
competitors left the Paddock, and, alter the usual
parade, they took the preliminary canter, and at the
Erst attempt they were despatched at an excellent
start. On passing Sherwooas, Boreas went to the
front, and Death or Glory drew into second place,
Valentino and Fire King next, the positions of the
others remaining unaltered as they raced though the
furzes, Robert the Devil taking up the running at the
top of the hill, Mask and Apollo going on next, and
no they came into the straight; and when the Old
Bell was reached Bend Or ran through his horsee and
took second place, and gradually improving his
position got up in literally the last Oxide, and won a
most exciting race by a head; Mask • bad third;
Apollo fourth; Zealot fifth; Draycott sixth; Von der
Tann seventh; Eroildoune eight; Valentino and Death
or Glory last.
Nineteen ran.

Bend Or .
Robert the Devil ... ••• 2
... 8
The time of the race was 2mina. 48:seco, lAA Yesr's
time was 3mina. 2«ecs.