The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-05-03 00:00:00

this moment "wear their blushing honours thick
upon them," and hired scribes will not be want-
ing to applaud what has been done, to laugh at
unmerited defeat, and, worse than all, to revel
in the pains inflicted by ingratitude. In the
view of the Doract (ltronide all thimie things
comprehend its prescribed duty, and are,
moreover, apparently congenial with its temper
and disposition. If it is possible for that paper
to strike out one intelligible idea, the partial
success of the Tories will be ascribed to a sudden
revulsion of political feeling—to an extraordinary
awakening of the electors to the indescribable
charms of Toryism—and to the transcendent
merits, especially, of the two gentlemen who, at
Weymouth, came, and saw, and conquered. But
no honest man, be he Whig or Tory, will suffer
himself to be so deluded; while, as to the
Chronic's, every one knows that paper to
be guiltless not only of those qualities which
regulate the conduct of gentlemen, but in-
capable also of a lucid interval ; and we
ourselves know full well that the print is
an unmitigated disgrace, in every point of
view, to the reputation of the provincial press.
Its mode of dealing with the local elections and
the local representatives of the Liberal party,
if it have any effect at all, beyond its vulgar
offensiveness and its own condemnation, must be
to degrade Toryisiu and throw around Liberal
members a large amount of even involuntary
respect. It is difficult to say whether audacity
or ignorance is the predominant feature in this
luckless abortion, which has the amazing arro-
gance to style itself "the recognized leading
"paper of the district."

OUR county election passed off very quietly and
g ood humouredly yesterday. All parties ac-
quiesced in the status quo. The coming man.
Mr. FLOYER, never came. The dangerous
seductions of "Love, LAW, and PHYSIC"—
utterly spent in the vain hope of getting him to
stand for the borough—could never make him
stand for the county. What PHYSIC could ever
hope to do in such a matter we know not, but
Lovz, who as they said could do something,
was never so blind as when he thought he could
bring in his man; and LAW'S delay was never so
fatal as when floundering about in the glorious
uncertainty of electioneering. Wo were always
assured through the "recognized" mouth-piece
of these mythical personages that the friends of
Mr. FLOYER would undoubtedly avenge his late
defeat, and bring him in this time with astound-
ing triumph at the head of the poll. Where
Mr. FLovez stands now let others say; and as
to the feelings of those sanguine friends, they
may be, as the phrase is, more easily imagined
than described. It is positively cruel to raise
the expectations to so high a pitch, and then to
plunge the hopeful ones in the "slough of
despond." A more painful case of Love's
labours lost has probably not been witnessed
for a long time. What may be the success of
those labours in other directions we are of course
unable to say, but their failure in the matter of
elections has been assuredly as melancholy as
complete. "It's true that it's a pity, and pity
Pti, true. !I

DoiuUXnTER PITCH 61) COUN M A 146 ET.—Satur-
day.—Our market wu thinly attended, and the
supply of wheat short, prices were very irregular,
ranging from 44. to 605., the latter price being
asked, but we did not hear of any realizing it.
Barley and oats obtainvd an advance of about 2s.
per quarter. The uuuket closed quiet.

Tile Itoaciutai Ei.m-riox.—A full revort of the
proceedings at the borough clisution on l.ritlay will
be found in our third page.
After their election yesterday morning the three
Knights of the Shire, the lion. W. IL U. Portman.
li. G. Sturt, Esq., and li. K. Seymer, Emil., paraded
the town according to ancient custom, on horseback,
wearing cocked Mate, with which they saluted the
crowd.

The day fixed for holding the visitation of the arch-
deacon of Dorset, at I/on:heater, haa been altered to
Monday the 16th inst., instead of the I•th mat., in
consequenm of Toiler Down fair falling on the latter
day.
The collection at St. Peter's on the day of Thanks-
giving untainted to £4 sa. :id., which the rector, the
Hey. -M. Culla°, has divided between the Society
for the Propagation of the Gospel 111 Foreign Parts,
and our County Hospital.

On Thursday morning a special service vu held at
All saints' Church, in consequence of the Run•
Oecanal Chapter asseuibling on that day. Thu
clergy subsequently adjourned to the Townhall,
where the business of the Chapter was transacted.

We are informed that at both the meetings of the
Church Missionary Society, to be held in the Town•
ball on Monday next. the Vicar of Fonlingbin pro.
I.eus, with the consent of the committee, to read 'sir
to. of a long and interesting journal which lie yes•
terday received from his son, relating to a visit in
company with two Chinese converts to the country
district of the Nino° minion.

1.111 YY.MIANKY C tVALRY. - The Dorchester
tniop of Queen's Own Dome Yviumnry Cavalry will
Asanuble this (Tuesday) morning, we understand, Cu
lumo a day's exercise prior to proceeding to MI.
mouth on Thursday for eight days duty.
WAREHAM Emscriox.--.1 full report of Mr. ('al•
craft's explanation at Wareham. or his retirement
(pun the contest, will he found in our third page,

No less tluui 25 skeletons have been found within
a short time by the men engaged in the erection of
the county constabulary station, titltr the Wiliam
Amphitheatre. About a dozen funeral urns and
two m,l,oii together with a Poole token, Lave like•
wise been discovered.

In the railway time tables for the preacnt month
(May) a great many alterations occur, especially in
the Groat Weaturn trains.

Tits. CoesTY Ei.r.i-DoN.—A special train ran
from Winiborne to Dorchester yesterday (Nforulay)
townies to accommodate persons dusirowi of attend.
ing the election fur the county.
Lord and Lads Portman aru expected in town the
latter end of this week, from liryatiston hail, Der•
actshire.

Fi um.— On Wednes lay evening, About five o'elf•fk,
• fire broke out at West ltexingthn, which rrindtril
Hi the I lestruction of four cottages situated on the
as beach. Two of the cottages were occupied by
coastguanbunen, and the remainder by labourers and
their families. Fortunately, (non the assistance of
neighbours and others, the goods of the cuttagers
were saved.
Lffitl) SiIIArTYAIWRY AND Tilt El'HortAN Casts.
—Lord Shaftesbury has spoken on the state of Europe.
in the shape of a letter to a religiousjournal, intended
11,, doubt, to influence all show it ean influence in
the prise:it electhral struggle. Lon' Shaftesbury is
of opinion that the prayers of Englishmen should he
prisoner(' in favour of Sardinia, and of course against
Austria. The reason is because Austria is on the
side of the Pope, and Sardinia on the side of religi-
ous liberty. As to the question if
,justice. his Lor,l•
ship does not seem to suppose that it need be enter.
tamed or suggested. —London