The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-10-17 00:00:00

ANOTHER MURDER IN IRELAND.

ton Timidly night • respeot•ble na ,t frrmer
Conway, when returning home from New Panes,
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, .meriek, was *et upon and beaten in such •
'ul manner about the head that he died in great
.y un Saturday. N 1 motive is given for thie
nor have any arre.t. taken plecl. The polio.
1, pe to captor.) the perpetrators, as they are in
possession of information.

WEYMOu ru TOWN COUNCIL ELECTION.
After a period of quiescence, the Liberal party have
aroused to the contest with thtir unremitting rivals for
the honours of seats around the Council Board,and the
power of guiding the expenditure of the public funds.
At first they seemed almost stunned by the greatness
and suddenness of the attack which threatened to take
away four seats at once from them in the Melsombe
Regis ward—and to increase the Conservative majority
by eight votes, an enormous number in a body the size
of the Weymouth Town Council, and they seemed
almost to wonder at the forbearance which promised to
leave them in possetskon of a seat on the Weymouth
side. But doubtless the latter feet was to be attributed
to the superior qualities of the retiring Councillors,
which made it very difficult to find • worthy substitute
for either,eiren for the Liberal, in the eyes of his Con.
nervative constfltents. It was probably expected that
the bargees roll would throw such a preponderances of
Conservatives that the t. mptation was too great to be
resisted. for the acbievment was to be the clearing at
one sweep four Liberals from the Meloombe Regis ward.
True, it waa hinted at first that the drainage of the
town was to be thoroughly and promptly attended to,
and propably this meant the adoptian in its entirety
of Mr. Condo's plan. But the Liberals do not appear
to have shown any great opposition to the plan, if
indeed they have opposed it at all, only lately we have
heard • few low murmurs about the threatened
expense; So doubtleae the throats of • grand
contesh arise primarily from the chronic ten-
dency in Weymouth to believe in no man but thou,
of the "party,' and to throw down the gauntlet for
a etruggle on hey and every OCCS3iOIII. It is evident
lolic I.ll,rial• shis aslasS /i 0.44 ti *Loy ligido aC
all, under • great dissivantage,for all the empty seat,
were their owe, and a complete victory will only place
them in the some position as they •ere before, while •
defeat fnow may nullify many a future victory. The
contested seats are Ocoee of Mr. Timed, elevated to he
alderman, and which would also have been vacated at
this time in due cone,. of Mr. S. Brown. deceased;
and those of Mr. I)), end Mr. Drew, the lattar
claimiog the potation of en independent member, while !
by some voted an ally of the Liberals. Whether that !
gentleman would admit it or not, it is evident that the
Conservatives are determined to say that whoever is
not with them is against them, for they have put up
four decided Conservetivse, Mr. T. B. Groves. ch-mist !
and druggist; Dr. Simpoon, Mr. W. T. Aylesbury, and
Mr. John Vincent, all run of good position is the
town. These gentlemen have begun energetically to
canvass, and must have made considerable progrees
before the Liberals. taken by surprise, could have re-
covered the first blow. However, with them the
cry was "Awake I arise, or be for ever fallen,"
and • meeting was convened by circular for
leriday night, et the Merke tostreet Auction.
rooms. wrro resent Mr, John Taxied,
Mr. !toward, Mr. Hann, Mr. George, and considerable
numb re of the I..ading Liberals. Some of the more
"advanced" hell ;dud, and it is sold that the
cause wag mole remembrance of Mr. Powell', failure at
the Parliamentary ele3-ion. Alreedy it has been
asserted that another "compact" is maturing, and that
one o' Beg sitting Ml',. w,llba astonished at the result.
What this may have to do with .plitting the Liberal
party at the municipal deotion, party men will be able
to ex Vain better than we c sn. Throes who were present
describe the Liberal meeting as being enthusiastic. On
Saturday weaning. the leliowing plaosed appeared—

MU N ICI PAL ELECTION, -1871.
WAlAumElt BROW WARD.

Liberals, ithuld the prounso of your votes, and do not be
led asay by the cialitrap 01 the four Cunserratires who are
het/ vaiiras.iug you„litto ahiCh you a:II surely
litre Let regret. Four good nrm and true will come forward
to solicit your suffrages hi the Liberal interest, and if wo are
united and act fairly by our men, tacro con be no doubt as to
the {sew of the cioming contest. Whnew the numerous,
enthusiastic, •aul unanimms meeting of the Liberals last
might ; and by yoer pfeococo, soup e.t, yid vole at the
adjourned mc,ting, to be he Id on Monday nest, at the Auction
Mart, Maidewetreet, let us aliow our opiaments that vs intend
to carry our men. Como, oue sad all, to the adjout.wd meet.
log un Monday night.

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