The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-04-09 00:00:00

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TODAY, APRIL 8, IVY.

NOT OF THE WEEK.

Her Majesty the Queen left Germany on
Saturday, and, returning as quietly as she went,
arrived at Windsor Oesile on Monday afternoon.
With regard to Her Majesty's trip, however, it
would seem that one oh** attributed to it—of •
matrimonial character— was an Invention, if..
are to oredit another statement now put forth—
that Priam Arthur, now captain in the Rid.
Brigade at Dover, will shortly be promoted to
the rank of major, and will afterwards proceed
to two years' service in India. If this be tens,
the Sovereign is evidently desirous that one of
her sons shall be as practical • soldier as the
other is • miler ; and we need not perhaps ex-
pect either of them to " settle in life" untli they
have seen service enough to give them some
genuine title to thenval and military rank
to which they are destined.
The Prins* and Prince's of Wales are not ex-
Zto return to England from the Oontinent
oat:a
e the latter end of the month of Joan
Under the ineorsito of the Keil sad OCAUdel.of
Chester, their Royal Highnesses appear to be
enjoying their excursion much, and it is said
that the former betrays no outward trace of
his severe illness& The Princess attracts Imola
admiration, and it is remarked that she has
entirely discarded the chignon. Brave woman I
Mr. Dieraali's visit to Lanosehbe has been
the main topic of talk. It was • remarkable
personal as opposed to • political triumph. The
ovation given to the right hon. gentleman in
the County Palatine was one of the most splen-
did and enthusiastic that an English stebesinan
can receive at the hands of his fellow country-
men. But, as • political manifesto, the speech
of the leader of the Opposition is • oamparative
failure. His programme in to "maintain the
Constitution," • well-worn pluses more high-
sounding than definite, and to pay the closest
attention to sanitary legislation, under • motto
which is to be found in • alight variation of the
Vulgate—" &leans amiantus', amnia sarsiina I"
Anything less likely to provoke the enthusiasm
, of the mamma it is difficult to conceive, and we
may anticipate that, saving accidents, the minis-
try will continue in office foe the term of its
natural life. The difficulties with which they
were beset at the opening of the amnion have
been for the most wt overcome, and they have
lately strengthened their position very sensibly
by the favourable Budget which Mr. Lowe was
enabledto put forth before the holidays. No
doubt that Budget did not a little to render
Mx. Disraeli's Lancashire tour lean effeotive,
sod i' would not be too much to assume that
Mx. L ra made his financial statement linmedi-
atrkinl
taking the
Easter, partly with the object of
the wind out of the mils of the right hon.
member for Books. It has so happened, certainly
not entirely through their own fault, as even
their opponents will agree, that the Conservatives
have for • long time past, when in power, been
unfortunate in the matter of finance; while the
Liberals, not again wholly through their own
merit, as their friends moat Goole, have
generally enjoyed financial good fortune. The
ma, of do not go deeply into muses and
effects or the purpose of excusing failure, or
putting the true value on mom. "Nothing
sus like mown " in captivating the public
mind; and the effect on racist people's minds of
• surplus and a reduction of taxation is more
than they would like to wafers It would he
useless Immediately after the Mlnfetry have
put forward such a good amount of their
stewardship in the matter of the national money
to try and create prejudice against them an
account of any number of minor etas of cam-
mlinion and =lesion. But there Is one rook
ahead which the Government may well tsar—
the American difficulty. It is too soon to
criticise them upon this yet, because they have
not actually failed, though failure may be prob-
able and even imminent. If the ministry can
get over this difficulty, we see nothing to
them riding safely, if not triumphantly rllit
ugh
this Bandon on a Budget each as • Conservative
Government has never in recent years had the
oproedrtunity to pat forth.
Derby, following Mr. Disraeli, spoke in ,
• much more practical strain. Looking forward
to the next election, he pointed out that the
true policy of the cooservatives is to wait till
the country calls them back to power with •
majority at their beck, and till then the opposi-
tion has but two duties: first, to oppose the
minister when he is wrong—no sinecure in Itself;
and, secondly, to stand by him when he is right,
refusing firmly to play the gams of the radicals,
and waiting with pa..ce till they are called in
by the voice of the country. MU Is sound
advice, and men of both parties will endorse
Mr. Disraeli drew attention at Manchester to
a curiously interesting 'UMW feet. While
the population of the United Kingdom is about
32,000,000 there are not more than 9,200,000
out of the number who are electors, from which
he argued that there were about 30,000,001 peo-
ple in the country who are as much represented
by the House of Lords as by the House of Com-
mons. In one sense, however, the inference is
extreme, for we may oertainly conclude that the
one person in sixteen who has a rote is seldom
an isolated and purely eelf-representing indi-
vidual. He will, in most Instances, represent the
opinion of • group for whom he thinks or who
think for him. In that way the HOMO of Com-
mons far more directly than the House of Lords
represent the bulk of the 30,000,000 non-vote,.
The Budget pawed unchallenged except by the
economists who wish to strike £10,000,000 off
the estimates and by the Free Snakiest Table
M. Pa. who want to make • clean 'weep of the
Customs Duties and to put on a shilling income
tax. The first of these suggestions Mr. Lowe
says is imposaible, unless MW, Instead of talk-
ing about millions, will go through the estimates
with a microscope and contact themselves with
£lOO,OOO here and there; and Sir Tolleamahe
, Sinclair's notion he set his fun against like
Tint.

The first Bill taken up on Thursday in the
House of Commons, was that of Mr. Lowe.
..yrning ntl honest penny upon the Suitors'
luta in the Court of Chancery. This Fund I
amounts to more than GO miillo Is at present
invested in the Three per Cent& in the name of
tho Aocountaut-General, and its management
oasts about I;l8,000 • year. Mr. Lowe
to take these BO millions out of the hancLlrrit:all
Aocountant-Ceneral, to out down his staff of
clerks and his salary and fees, and to vest the
Funds in the hands of the Paytosider-Glinecal,
to turn the whole sum into terminable annuities,
and to pocket £12,500 • year upon every mil-
lion by the transaction. This system of • Immense
other people's money, in Mr. HINLIT tenitied rt,
certainly has an awkward look, and Mammy
Oourt suitors will ask why they should not have
all the profit that can accrue from th• employ-
ment of their tied-up funds. The second reeding
of the bill was carried. however-
On Friday, after Mr. Nowdaipas had got an
41111111=10111 from the Premier that the Priam of
Wales' visit to the Pops was merely one of war-
toy, and that then.lpal Item filth* malrsr-
a. •@ was that His H inquired after her
_kNesky's health. Mr. Standekl's Public/1401th
Sill was road • wood time, the am-" 11 to
Wei tbs Bill to • Ishii connate) lost with in
ItitiS mocareptaint VW It wym witedliwa

Mr. Seely. the member for Locoln, has done
a wise and generous thing in advising his lido a!
Wight tenants to make an advance of 3s. a week
in the wages of his labourers, and catering to
recoup them two-thirds of the amount. As this
crentleman points out, an advance in the price
of agricultiaral labour has become almost a err-
t iluty ; and there is little doubt either, that this
advance Lutist wake something like an equivaleut
Tetilletioll in the rents paid for land. The
ltnillords hive for many years boon reaping the
advantages of modern progress in the advanced
; rout of their laud; and now the agricultural
labourers appear determined to share iii the
prosperity of the o.puutry to some extent.
Strikes of late have boon successful u a rule,
and that in caws of not nearly so deserving a
character as that of the farm labourers. liodge
is waking up from his lethargy. Wo are giving
his children education, ho demand, sufficient
wages to maintain them decently; and we may
depend upon it that not many years will pus
away before ho puts in a new demand, for the
suffrage: and on principle, there is no reason
why the toiler of the country should not have
hie vote as well as the toiler of the town, and
a priori the one labourer is a. well worthy of
fair wages as the other, and more justified in
striking for thorn seeing how much further ho is
from getting enough for the decent mainten-
ance of himself and his family.

There is a rumour that the Right lion. John
Bright will become Chancellor of the Duchy of
Lanosetes, in the room of the Earl of Dullirin.
The duties of the Chancellor of the Duchy are
merely nominal, but Mr. Bright's appointment
would give the Government the advantage of
the right hon. gentleman's presence in the
Cabinet.

In connection with the monster meeting in
the Pomona Gardens, Manchester, to welcome
Mr. Disraeli, the following curious statistics are
givda
vena2* a welknown Manchester paper, the
nos :—Simply premising that in every
instanoe the quantitile are understated, there
were oonsumed in the gardens of Pomona-200
barrels of mild ale, 90 hogsheads of Guinness's
porter, 29 hogsheads of Bass's bitter is, 1,000
bottles of soda-water, 1,800 bottles of lemonade,
OW half pints of eider, and 90,000 bottles of
ginger-beer. This gives as the number of
glasses—ginger beer, eider, lemonade, and soda-
water, • total of 96,800 bottles of effervessent
drinks; of bitter ale, about 94,000 glasses; of
porter, 95,900; of mild ale, 115,900; making •
grand total of 191,920 half-pint drinks, without
even mention of gins, whiskies, rums, brandies,
and wines of various sorts, which were in the
same fabulous proportion. As to the eatables,
there were devoured at the same time and place
100 tongues, of 41 lbs. each, 5 owl. of beef, 90
hams of 24 lbu, 300 loaves of 4 lbs., 12,000
Kooks oaks.; wlule forth. oontenteof the pies, so
popular on snob 000mions no lees than 28 calves,
averaging 1 cut., shed their blood and lost their
lives In support of Conservatism and to assist the
Lords. It may 1112101111 some people to knowt hat
these two last oommodltiss, viz, the oaken and Pies,
If placed end to end, would have reached one
mile and three-quarters.