The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-10-03 00:00:00

PORTEBHAR.

THE ('oxcEAl r.nTorllll,rll AT Contox.—Betve
the County Petty Sessions n Friday, Jaw
was charged with concealing the birth of her child at
Corton and Jaae Courtenay. her grandmother, was
chargoti with aaxisting lier.—The girl was ."1"1...1
having borne a child, and Constable llaines meld
acroes to Friar \Vaddon, and %MY the girl workiir.; at
Mr. Mayo's, drawing reed. lie told her she sae
suspected of having been recently cot:hind and rn
coaling the birth. She strongly denied it,,aul he the
accompanied her to her house aud sent for Dr.
Pridham ; but before the doctor arrived. die
acknowledged that she had been confined on theSaluP
day week previous in the closet, awl that the body was
there. After the arrival of Dr. Pridicen, the constahle
found the body of a new-born child in the closet. The
girl on the 28th sent to Mr. Superintendent Rauh
and wished to make a statement to him. ife cantimed
her; but she persiste4 in doing so. It was t., the riLti
that she warn confined in her house, in the bedroom,
awl that her grandmother assisted her all put the
child in the bed—that it lived for :shout half an
and she put the body in her box, where it remained
till the following Monday, when she threw it ,lwi he
closet—The two prisoners were ounruitted for trim at
the Assizes; but the grandmother was admitted to

BLANDFOIII3.
TIIE TURKISH ATROCITIES.
A meeting, convened by the Mayor, in answer to a
requisition numerously and influentially signed, was held
in the Corn Exchange on Monday evening last. A very
large and respeetsbto meeting asssetubled, the torn
Exchange being MOH tilled. The chair was taken by the
sdayor (Mr. E. Sieber) n the plat form also were the Rev.
R. Farquharson, Canon Williams (of Ringwood), lion. W.
If. It. Portman, M.P., Rev. 11. Gray, Mr. T. 11. Bastard,
Hon. and Rev. Ihrughi.s, and Mr. Marla Pond.
The MAYOR. having stated the reason of the meeting
having been convened, and he had a letter to read front
Lard Portman, which was as follows :
"1/ear Mr. Fisher,—As lam obliged to avoid, as furl'
possible, large public meetings.. I venture to request joe
to offer to those who attend at the Corn Exchange this
evening my apology for alsience, and my assurance ut
entire sYmPathy with our assemblel neighbours in the
object of their meeting, and in their desire to retooliates
continued alliance on its present terms between the
Kingdom and the Turkish Empire. The depths a
diplomacy we cannot pretend to fathom. and we are,
therefore, unable to suggest any pLin for the attainment
of our object ; but, in common with the "People of End.
land, we know quite enough of the facts to justify the
honest spirit of enthusiasm which leads 11.9 to unite with the
vat body of our fellow subjects in calling upon the
Government to cease to treat the Turks as our friends—
(cheers)—until security is obtained against a repetition of
such barbarons warfare as we are well assured has oc-
curred.

•• I i yours faithful's-.
"PoßnuN

"To the Mayor of Blandford." ,
The MAYOR 11180 read a letter of regret front ilr.
Mansel-Pleydell, who hail premised to attend, but led
been prevented front doing no He (the Mayor)
.**,
sure those that signed the requisition were anxi.ue
the meeting should not be of a party or veinal
character. It was a political meeting a tour.. uot it
was PrnmPted Wm& by * feeling that they might m the
name of common humanity protest against the fesel
deeds that had been committed. (Cheerio) One Mu" 4
nature made the whole world kin, awl one
.toueb •
humanity seemed to have united the people smunit those
who did the deeds that had been done in thsi
Eastern land, " Where only man was vile.- 04
where deeds had been perpetrated which could ha'
be spoken of with bated breath. (Cheer...) The Chancel-
lar id the Exchequer said the people if England uu'itr.
stood little of foreign politics • but he felt :ounre.l Mud
there were times in a nation's histor '3"hwn the instincte
of the people beat and throb to noblers purpose than ever
rime tuinister could suppose. We had teen told that
this alliance with Turkey was a high pilitioal necesorY
Away with such alliances if it meant greening Mas
right hand and arm of the Turk, when that right by*.
and arm weru dell, dyed with the blood of the Christen.
(Loud cheers.) He would ask Mr. POrtlUAll to move the
first resolution.
The Hon. W. H. B. Perms?s said he thought when he
looked around and saw by whom the Mayor was supported
th
It entirely did a wi the idea that it was 3 earti
meeting, for both' soul and Conservative. were NTn"
muted there. They were there to express their feellno
with regard to the policy that had been pnvuel, Del IT
the Turkish soldiers, but by the Turkish itoeurulumL
These meetings had heen numerous end held ia
places in England, and very strongly shoved the eluwes
of the English people, that the day had gone lit' when
could any longer hack up Turkey in the way in which'
was attempting
_to govern the people subject to lel'
What was the Unary of this allegiance of ours wt.
Turkey! When we looked back to PC we itsw that W.
In connection with the Russian and lerouch, destreled
Turkish fleet, since then we had fought side by *id! Int
Turkey and prevented RAWL taking poem"!
Constantinople. This time our policy had chaneed.tn,'
direction from which he hoped we should never Lino hi
inclined to depart. (Cheers.) These meetings mu"
strengthen the hands of the Government in the endeavoius
they =done to put the Bosnian and the Bulg•nwl
• erent looting. Now let us glance at what the
Government had done. We know that the influence a
England is ea great now in the councils of the minces
It ever had bon. Their ant thought wiut - whits
Iltaileed my or do r The negotiations Mat had bs.,
carried on an doubt nestled to be *seduced with cos