The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-09-02 00:00:00

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NOTES OF THE WEEK.

Tb• QU.O6 Will, it ill impeded, Mays Balmoral
for Inverloot, Oastle, Lord Abinger's Inverness-
shim seat, on the 91h ol September. It is Mated
that her Majesty will not visit Skye, bat it is
porible that she will pay a visit to Inverness on
her return journwy from Inverlooby to Balmoral
next month.

Shaftesbury, which erewhile rejoiced in return-
ing the ex-Liberal Whip. and for thirty years has
eeen staunch to the Liberal Party has succumbed
before the syren voices of Lady Theodora
Grosvenor and other Conservative charmers. Of
oouree the rejoicing in Conservative circles Is
loud over this last victory, and perhaps supplies
the meson for the reiteratioa of the rumour
that Mr. Gladatoas determined upon appesring
next session In • double part for the purpose
dispatching with his own hands the odious and
inquisitorial Income Tax. Palma nothing he
can now do would be so well calculated to assure
popularity at the hustings, in the impending
general election.
The Observer believes that no decision will be
arrived at as to the Ministerial appointments
rendered necessary by the changes already
scoouipliAted till the next meeting of the Cabinet,
which will probably take place towards the end
of next month. The Male paper /Wel that in
well-informed_parters it is reported that in the
event of Mr. =maestro retirement, the Marquis
of Hartington will return to the Post Who', end
be succeeded by Mr. Forster as Chief Secretary
for Ireland.

The Bishop of Bath and Wells has been hold-
ing his Diocesan Conferences at Wells, Bath,
and Taunton. The principal topics of dlecumion
have been schools. Church finance, and intem-
perance; but the Bishop, in opening the ionise,
021d0 a point of urging the formation of ham of
defense against the attacks upon the Church
from men in high position in her ranks as well as
from those beyond her pale, protecting particu-
larly against the revival of pre-Reformation
novelties. The opinion of the Conference upon
each of the points brought under dieousaion we.
put in the form of resolutions. It was strongly
against the formation of school boards, against
the Cowper-Temple (dense in the Education Act,
in favour of the payment of ecclesiastical officers
by salary instead of fee, but doubtful as to what
direct stepa can be taken to cheek intemperance,
the Bishop hinting in plain terms that people
who smoke twelve hours oat of the (sixteen or
eighteen that they are awake are hardly the sort
of people to talk to the tracking-claws about
intempersnos, and Prebendary Clarke suggesting
that if anything practical is to be dace to put
down intemperance, the first points of attack
ought to be "morning nips" and "eleven
e'clooks.'

A few more, and the Tichborne trial will have
completed its first 100 days I Is it to go on for
ever The Princess Soltermede, with her 1001
nights' entertainments, ha a formidable rival
In the Claimant, who is virtually the 4mat story-
teller of our age, and who,.. sucossave batches
of witnesses tell different take, is". man so
various that he seems to be" somebody
else (there can be no contempt of court in
that). But, if soars and indelible marks are of
any value as means to Identification, there
ought to be little difficulty in deciding between
Arthur Orton and Sir Roger Tichborne—that
li, if half the marks sworn to had an existence
apart from the witnesses' vision. Arthur
Orton is becoming more and more marked.
day. 'there are-1. The small, pox marks which
have been sworn to. 2. The earring holes. 3.
The pony bite on the left arm which was con-
I tonised. 4. A severe cut down the fain from
I the eye to the lower owner of the nose on the
' left amok which had been sewn up. 5. A scar
fioni a cut on tin temple. 6. Lout two inches
long between the thumb and the finger, about
which Orton had said, "There is a scar which
shall carry to my grave." 7. • very deep sou
across the palm of the left hand. 8. A scar on
the back of the head from a out by an oyster.
shell thrown in the street. 9. A soar from the
kick of • pony over the left knee. 10. The dis-
tinction of being " splay-footed—the right foot
flatter than the left. 11. A dimple in his chin.
It. Some reputed malformation, which Is at
present surrounded in mystery. Theses:. the
principal marks on Arthur Orton which have
, been sworn to up to this time. More, probably,
will yet be heard of. But in the matter of soars
and marks, Sir Roger Tichborne, according to
the evidence, is also tolerably distinguished.
There we, at any rate, the famous tattoo marks
on the arm; the injury to the eye from the
flub-hook ; and the marks of bleeding on the
arms, legs, and temple. These, it will be
remembered, are not all the marks and soars
brought to light in the !Unborn° trio/. There
are, of course, the defendant's much-relied-upon
brown mark on his side, that somebody Is pre-
pared to swear he saw on 'fichborne in South
America, the position of which he was quite
ready to point out In • moment if the defendant
' would strip, the scar on the arm that the
defendant cannot account for, and the very
remarkable thumb peculiarity. He laughs at
soars that never tried a Tiohborne Claimant.

As railwsy passenger traffic grows, the
number of fatal acidents to passengers may be
expected to grow, if the precautions against
accidental are neither increased nor diminished.
But jubilant railway directors would have us
believe that these precautions are yearly on the
Increase. In spite of this, nineteen passengers
have been killed this year within a month,
thirteen at Wigan, one at Isstbanie, and five
at Retford ; this fa at the rate of 228 s-year,
whereas in 1871 only twelve passengers were
killed. Much ha lbt an done to perfect the
means of saving life at sea ; it becomes a serious
question whether a lanferenos should not be
held to consider the means of saving life on
railways. Every source of danger,—facing
points, level croadngs, :eaten sleepers, defective
wheels, sleepy pointamen, and blind engine
driven, NAM in for their share of manslaughter,
but the oompanies will do nothing ; and Par-
liament can hardly be persuaded to take any
broad view of the case until it has been dis-
cussed by • body of practical men, who 1111111
neither railway directors nor the owners of un-
successful patents.

One prospecta sa regards the wheat crop have
now been estimated and dammed by the best
authorities, and the situation appears to be as
follows :—England's deficit la probably 12
millions and that of France 8 or together 18
, millions. Ragland, the only buyer in the past
, year, has imported from all other countries,
included, nearly 13 million" of puttees
of wheat. The two countries DOW require that
I quantity and fully 5 millions more between them.
he question is, can this quantity be obtained 1
It is too soon to give inaccurate or a complete
answer, but enough is known to enable us to say
that, wiles America ham a crop enormously in
excess of lest year, the quantity cannot be ob-
i-tined. America has a good crop—a better oeop
In the States on the side of the Atlantic than
last year, though it la doubtful whether the
States on the side of the Pacific have so muck' •
expectit is too much, however, to et America to
more than double her exportation of last year.
lt is improbable, if not impartible, that she can
do so. &thee France or Brigand must then go
short. There will be active competition between
the merchants of the two nations wherever wheat
Is to be had, and the result of the competition
will be to raise prior. Bread must be dear;
certainly dearer than in the pest year, and
perhaps veer dear. There is only one en•
couraeng feature in the prospect—namely, the
probability that the potato crop will be the
largest and soundest that bra been gathered for
many years. Nothing rednotis the consumption
of bread so much as • plentiful supply of this
vegetable, and it is to be hoped that the promise
that it will largely take the pleat of bread this
year will be realised. Whoever goes short, this
country will not starve; but we shall have to
pay a high price for our loaf.
It appears that a part of the late Duke of
Brunswick's magnificent beeped is to be devoted
towards founding • Freaky of Medicine at
Geneva. This, surely, ie an opportunity which
the advocates of • medial education for women
should not neglect. Used hitherto mainly
by Russian ladies, the facilities for the education
of female doctors in Geneva might, If materially
enhanced by • portion of this bequest, attract
students from all para of the continent, and
Perhaps from Eagri. Its peculiar advantages
of communication with all parts of the globe
renders Geneva, we should suppose, • Pomiluly
fit centre for female medical education, and
could • portion of the wealth of the eccentric
Duke be turned into this channel, he will not
have died in vain.

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