The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-01-28 00:00:00

MIL J. B. GOUGM AT POOLE

The Committee of the Direst Oounty Temperance
AWO6IIIUOI2 are to be congratulated upon the swam
which attended their enterprise in recuring the services of
Mr J B. Dough to deliver OM of his famous oration in
Poole on Tuesday night The meeting was held in the
Cougregatioaal Church, sod there were about 1,000 persons
meant, the special late train to Wrmhorne and Blandfrsrd
Inducing many of the inhabitants of those towns to avail
themselves of the treat thus atonied them. The lion.
Evelyn Ashley, the member for the borough, watt
announced as the chairman, but he was unable to attend,
end wrote to Councillor G. Curtis, trawler of the associa-
tion, sod core of tbe to. al secretaries, who read the letter
to the meeting as follows 1—
" Claesielsawn. Sligo, January 13, 1879,
" Dear Mr. Curtis,—l am very sorry to find that I shall
Ito unexpectedly detained here in Ireland till the beet•
ninz of t ext week, so as to make it importable for me to
preside, as I had hoped irsd interobvi to do, at the cxttebr:
tog which is to meet on the list to hear Mr.
This place is so far away that my vialta are at distant
Intervals, and I And more business awaiting me this time
than I expected, and it cannot Ire postponed.
" With many apologies, and with good wishes tor the
swam of your meeting,
lie love we. yours faithfully,
L'IrILTS AlkaLIT."
Mr. Curtis sad be did Ids rent best tr get rot+ et the
Brief Abates' mry or 1.,,rd Ashley to prrai 1.., sot ss.rig
lit, following letter which lie had !trails rd from art noble
earl :

Cranhorne, Msllsbory, Jan. SU, ISM
"8 r,—My non is still In Ir-isn't, nor to I 111[1.1.,1 him
born., for dos days. Lod Ashley ,n L .I,don. I
esoner m,. If unehot Ire the duty. th"tlA 'old lo
?Ivy glad t nbusr my r, ipso I .or Mr (1 .•,sh .od my
friends in Poole. I b... Isms severely' •st...okall by the
lata east sots& and though, Umiak Mod, I am mash loiter,
I desire, if pubis, to avoid any fresh • xpootre at night.
"Your obedient Mr..1.1a

7-Saarrossu' la.

'' Curtis. 11,41." ,
Tb• It v. 0 L Nlansel. Rector of Cliti.,ll Knowle, and
Pre-libwit •4 the A aociation, th n t tok tho oh, c, nod p.
▪ aee ono sri-d fly tbe plat!. mby the Rev J. A. '
L w.'. Mort tr of St lawn's), iho It F Pocock 1
(Vi•er of 8. Pant'.). Ihrs 1t... J. W. _ 8•151
p g.l to n r•s
tionst). th• 111,v. S Wanly (W•sleysn). thy K. J. H
Odwrn• dhotis ), the Rev. C Portsell (Primitive
Mt•th Aid). tie It- v. F. Vougb (C Wane: stioeid of
Browlistio."4, lb ft-v. J Lexch (Pdreittc• Meth diet.
• Bliodror•li. .1. J. N ~ton foots of tow- toed ...we-
t iri-s of t'w. A • .cis t ow). and C anctllar W. 11 te. The
Rv. J. W. tdowipwit ••••••1 aired lotto •r the
CI. r PIP expressed h'it yes{ dhow. .t
me al., ewe of Hr. A4ll-y. ••• • incrober .4 such a obi*
fatally in C'triani to ptillanthr py would be In his proper
.e.. ohs 'hair •t a tempt-ran, tio othait. Is intr.ded
log lloorh the rev.. o lemon r•ferrod to the Calif V.
Ina peones. of tenspereac rt I-.... oleo alone hie Rd vleit
to the roust, some 18 since. Mr. 0 'ugh then snake
w I. gn at dramatic it ct for the spec- of one boor and
twenty selectee, sod Ins •ral Ilstes,d 1., with narked
attrtation and plowonvi throughonr, thy outbursts of
port on. hein• Ireq i•tt and hearty. HI 'PLO 141%
miguend. foil of intervening anecdotes, arid
glided " front arch* to st!y" in a .8,1 pitmen's =sneer,
Mr. 0 .024.• ors,••••• ore• copyrigl.l." rut we .re then-
Cow pft•ble to ler, • report of his rpeec.b at th • Ccon.
011400 of which tha .
won soon. lb. Ray. 3.
A Law.on peon dniced the benediction.
u o . —Before the Mayor and Messrs W. D.
Dualists and J. B. Dural!
showy Ygliestas, a labourer Lif Upper paricstows, wart
=up in custody charged entli being drunk and
y is Straadatrest on Saturday night, sad rens-
lag to go away when requested to Jo no by Wt polio.; also
with assaulting PC. David Horn whilat la the execution
Okla duty, and likewise ariastiltiug George West, of (Hobe
leas, who was called nen by the police to assist in taking
the prim:wet* the station. —The evidence of the constable
sad the civilian showed that they were both assaulted and
kicked by the prison... —The Beach fined prism's's
or mesa days' hard I•121.11r, 101r=81•1 and Ilk or •
siodit's Med Mega far the