The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-08-17 00:00:00

Imprrial Varliament.
HOUSE OF LORDS.

FRIDAY.
Thvir lordslanv ewt at fr....iv. rielock to-dav fvc the
purpose ot proroguinA arliament. there was a very
stuntl attendance of ladies in the House. and only three
peers were present.
Prayers basing been read by the Bishop of Chester, the
Commissioners took their seats. The Commissioners
were the Lord Chancellor, the Luke of Richmond, Earl
Beauchamp, the Earl of Shrewsbury, and the Earl of
Hardwicke.

11.01•1. AST.
The House of Commons having been summoned to the
bar of the House, the Royal assent was giyen to • number
of Bills.

THE PROROGATION.
The LORD CHANCELLOR: Ily virtue of her Majesty's
Commission, we are coultaantled to deliver to you her
Majesty's Speech, in her Majesty's worda
-

THE QUEEN'S SPEECH.

MT LORDS AND GENTWARN,
an, happy to be enabled L., release you from your
i attendance n Parliament.
The relations between myself and all foreign Powers
continue to be cordial, and I look forwar I with hope and
confidence to the uninterrupted maintenance of European
Wire.
The visit paid to this country. i.n the invitation of my
Government. by the Ruler of Zanxilar, has led to the con-
elusion of • supplementary convention whi-h. I trust, may
he efficacious for the more 'dem supptetsion of the
East African slave trade.
I have learnt with regret that the expedition des-
-I,.tch„l by my Inajw, i;ownittwitt from Runtish, with a
view to open co 11111 l unications witL the Western Provinces
of China, hes been treacherously attacked by an armed
force while ..n the Chinese territory. This outrage, un-
happily invols.ng the death of a your and promising
member of my consular mrvice, is the subject of careful
inquiry and no effort shall be spared to awure the punish-
went of those by wl I was instigated and committed.
The condition ot n.y colonial iimpire is generally prosper.
ens. Progress Ints been made in the settlement of ques-
tions affecting the constitution and Government of Natal,
and I confidently look for important and valuable results
from the proposal for a contempt.° of the Saab African
colonies and states.
ORNTUtilt.'t OF THE MOUSE Or CORDIORS.—
I thank you for the liberal supplies whirl, you bare
voted for tile 1.111.1ir sery
Mr !ARDS AND GENILRMEN.-

It. gratifying to toe to land that the lengthened con-
sideration you have given to the various statutes which
have from time to time been passed for the preservation
of peace in Ireland ha.s resulted in a measure which, while
relaxing the stringency of former enactments, is calcu-
lated to maintain the tranquility of that country.
I have with pleasure given my assent titan Act for
facilitating the improvement of the dwellings of the
workingelasses in large towns, witjelt will, I (rat, lead to
the decraute of many if the principal causes of diseose,
misery, anal crime. I feel sure that this legislation,
together with that relating to the consolidation anal
amendment of the sanitary laws, anal of the taws relating
to friendly societies, will greatly protnote the moral and
physical welfare of my pemle.
It has afforded me mueh satisfaction to give my assent
to two important statutes for the amendment of the Acts
relating to master and servant and trade offences—statutes
which will, I trust, place the relations of employer( and
employed on • just awl equal footing, and :41 to the
contentment and goodwill of Lugo clas.e of my subjects.
Among the enactments which you have pa,se.l for the
improvement of the law. I ant well pleased to observe
that • comprehensive measure VI- simplifying the title
and facilating the transfer of land in Etigland has taken
its place in the statute.book tin it an Act ha. been Passcd
for the amendment of the Law .J entail in Seotland : and
that you have made provision, by amending the J utlieature
I Act of 1t73, for bringing the great changes in my civil
I courts anal their procedure which is ineugurated into
immediate and practical effect.
The state of public busintnis and the iliderences of
opinion naturally asinine on a varied and preltensive
scheme have unfortunately prevented von from completing
the eonsideration of the Merchant Shipping Bill: but I
rejoice that you have been able, by a temporary enactment,
to diminish considerably the dangers to which my sea
faring subjects are expesed.
By the Agricultural Holdings Art ynu have greatly anal
beneficially enlarged the powers of owners limited in
interest to offer to their tenants as sufficient seenrity for
judicious outlay upon the (snits they occupy, and while
maintaining atteolute freedom of contract, yen have raised
a prestimption of rights under which a new inducement
wall be given to expend capital upon tha improvement of
lan.L I have every reason to hope that the progreit of the
revenue, which has marked recent years will be fully sus-
tained in the present.
The arrangements which you have made with respect
to the reduction of the National Ifeld, and theee for the
better regulation of leans for public works will lead to
valuable improvements in our system imperial and local
finance.
The enactment for a registration of trade marks will
supply • deficiency that has for 110111 t. time been felt in our
commercial system.
I trust that the Act constituting a new bishopric at St.
Alban's may prove advantageous to the vast population of
the dioceses affected by the measure.
In bidding von farewell for the i-eve.. I pray that the
of pro, Mem, may fall en your recent lalmurs,
anal accompany you in the discharge of all your duties.
The RE.DING CLERK (the Hon. Slingsby Ik:then) then
read the prorogation of Parliament, and Parliament was
accordingly prorogued, at half-past twelve o'clock, until the
Yath day of October.

HOUSE OF CoNIMoNs.
FRIDAY.

The Speaker took the ~hair at 12 achak.
The House was immediately sum 1111 l nod to the house of
Lords to attend upon the Royal C ~,,, missioners. to which
the Speaker at onee repaired, ...scorted by the Chancellor
of the Exchequer the Home Secretary, the lord Advocate,
Mr. Mater Booth. Sir C. Adderley, Mr. W-. H. Smith
Mr. Hardy, Mr. SIIIW Lefevre. Sir 1...0rge Balfour. Mi.
Fawcett, Mr. McLaren, and about sixty other members,
who were all that were Present.
Out his return, the SPEAKER read the Iseen's Speech,
and declared the House prorogued wills the usual
formalltiee.

ROMANTIC BREACH OF PROMISE CASE.
At Liverpool assizes, on Wednesday, the Cale of Hole v.
Martin was heard. The plaintiff. Thomann& E Hole. a
widow, was a dressmaker and milliner. at present residing
in Manchester. aged The defendant, John Martin, wee
a farmer, living in Cornwall, aged 43 or 11. It appeared
from the opening statement of the plaintiff's counsel that
in the year Kt both parties were residing at Latchley. in
Cornwall, where plaintiff was it schoolmistress and also •
dressmaker. One day she was out haymaking in • field
belonging to her landlord, when the defendant came up
to her and commenced to carry out an old I 'omish practice
known as "sweetening the hay... Taking some hay up In Ishi
hands, he brought it in contact with the_plaintin fate,
contriving to kiss her at the .111110 time. The attachment
arose from this eereniony of "sweetening the hay In the
October of the game year (1471) defendant met Mrs Hole
in the village, and proposed for her, asking her to break
off an engagement with another ii,an named Wedge. The
plaintiff consented. Several warnt poetical effusions were
ini„,.l„ently „„n% plaiutilt by the defendant. One string
of verses, thn,wn over her garden wall, commenced
Oh might I kiss those eyes el firs,
A million scarce would quench team;
Still would I steep my lips Is bhwt,
And dwell an axe en every kiss"
This was followed by-
'l saw thee weep the bin bright
soil then, forgetting that the plaintiff was • widow, be
wrote to her—
The kiss, dear mail, thy lip has !eft
The defendant aldo styled thL piabitilli his flain
and lie " Pretty maid," atlli agatn relapiing into verse, he

wrote—
" It Is the hour when Irons the bond.
The nightingale's high note is hard;
It Is the hour when lover's vows
peens sweet in every whispered word."
In another letter he spoke of two lovers and the "sweet
nothings" they whispered hi the moonlight
After receiving these Pieces of Poetry, she went to visit
some relations at Princestown, where she received yin,*
affectionate letters from defendant. iltioluadttoriaugwhro:,r).
saying he would obey her. out not flirt with the girl'
isses
h 4a.
e letters,ti i
.et
dht ee.
than enter that as the "melancholy letter "—flow, laugh.
tte—whrmlehn:--4.thAuptfir.i?girnwrctoihrl
i:clh.Y.:shohmusineetts:hlilear;:f.tol
fehltankete,
.:7:;...;:aprriii,mt.nt
ownbeileletsteher w.aysim,awhalef,uu...nless,.en,
choy._Tho
inace
sril she
ad
the
xonly :eay
Smithj
It inm.st to pc:,,airepenhillealy;%sciai njha:u.yesstot:t hnlita,:trt:::;t7thfiGn.lee7r,": Mw
winhemil
ship
he means. Matters then went on in this way. His
Lordship: What do you mean hy athying •' watt.% went
on in this way "t Th. last I bare it '' when drop in
with a female it only jest to pua away the time..
coo say matters went on in this way, that would he that
he was passing his time with a female I,a 3lr.
Smith went on to say that on the 7th f Mart+ defendant
wrote another letter, which was the tirst indicating cool-
geng_Hig Lordship: does he -- Mr. Smith:
Oh, my dear Tam. I hope and trust for your ON-12 sake
you are living in a respectable manner."—llis Lordship:
Then you call this the first part ,4 the refrigerating nen.
cess I—Mr. Smith: Yes, toy lord. The learned counsel
next remarked that on the lfth of April the defendant
kept
.up that process. for he began a ith simple "Dear
Tans. His Lordship : Is that the zero in your ther-
mometer Mr. Smith : Yes, my lord, it is—(laughter).The letter told plaintiff that marriage must not take
place between them. Well, that was Whets they got to
Nero. The affair concluded as a waster of course with an
attorney's letter.—ln rrues.esamination, plaintiff said the
knew a MM. named Roe, who was a cattle jobber. She
had a child by him two years after her husband's death..
She knew a auto named Stephens and his wife, but only
a. friends. She Positive') denied having had a child by
Stephen 00 behalf ol Mao defendant, Mr. Edmunds
argued that there was no evidence that any promise of
marriage had been made—The jury returned a verdict for
clefeadaat

A HAZARDOUS WAGER.
Two gentlemen, at present stopping at Blanketberghe,
hays wagered to eat, the one • kilogramme and and a half
(shout three pounds and a third) of prawns, and the other
three lobsters. neither to Innk during this hem), feed
more than a litre of liquor. Whichever shall first devour
his quota will win the wager, which is a hundred iottles
of champagne.

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PETITION AGAINST RAILWAYS AND
F:ACTORI ES. .

A petition to the Wows of Commons, appealing for
protection for the Lake District against railways and
factories, has been prepared. It states that Ws district
is publicly used for relaxation of mind and body by
thou-ands of the public, and that it is expedient to
preserve it from all encroachment that may tend to
destroy its natural beauty. or open the way to such