The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-01-23 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY. JANUARY 23, 1883.

An interval being arthoged for vocal moils, two songs
I were reudesel ty Mr. ant Mrs. Baker. They were much
! *Oared and heartily receiem.
Noon after nine o'cl ck that favourite production el
"'On* Sgineo (00foadise) ' Boots at the Swan was per-
rm-d. The &losing was the cast :
Mr. Henry Hi.:gine.. ...... Mr. A. IL Evans
Fruln Fr6llle7 (Cavalry 01ptain)..............Mr. R. Ek lon
Peter Pippin...... ..... , ........ ........ ...... „Ate. F. Storm
J .con X kr frig (B oot ) .. Poaell
Miise cilia Moonshine lnes A. IC-ught
Silly Smith (with • slight attactamest) Mies Weeks
E-nily Trevor (with foetal,s la perspectiva) „Mts. Biles
Toil smart p see tot o well known to need a summary
of the plot. lb. acting was dserard, even y the critic.,
perfect, ant the ex.ravagant and lodier.ms thee% with
which the Voce •bounds, were hail. d with f r quest cheer-
ing and roars of langhter. Mr. Evan.. ag Higgins in
"B rots at the Swan." and Benedict in the 11-st pi ce was
thothughly at home, and although he I, compar-
atively new ta us, there is in him every
promise of an amateur of the fiat w •ter.
Mr. C. Powell, our oNI and valued amhtcor, depicted
" Bolts" an I C !natabl i" to the life. ahl that
extremely comical manner, which it al his own,
provoked the Head, faculties of the boom ta an
alarming pitch. Mr. F. St .ne as Peter P pin—with a
ProPensite for t %sting latn.—wse marvellously good id-.
A. C. Meech. • new aNuldton to tie 'local biard."
took the audieace by care• Although& theatrical babe !
he attempted and successfully carried tkrougn th, very !
diftithlt chatacter cf "Delp' ami be tacit earned the
many marks of •porohation. Mr. Mallet. as " ory"
wee highly mauling, and executed Mei role moth
satcifeCtorily. Mrs. Bile. as " Emily" bed •
Tory light It sustain, hut she played with grace
and IMO& Kit. B,idie had • still lighter duty lei "Co. k."
but the de uhtsed le-tter p rt. Our old flien se
Wish*, and Mts. A. litaght, we-e again in their
en it Cal tat), to s tat these were the fay meth a f
the evening. Ai " fthlly aid " Lidda "—the
Irish girl, Miss Weeks •oa more laurels. and 11.. r
vx,te were main ant again withed by th- loudly expreised
praise. of her hearers. Mies Knight so " Emily " in the
firet piece, and as "Miss Mr wahine " in the lilt .r, was
Perfectlon. ant the difficult duties of the that named
ch treater were ally curtained.
Toe whole perfenna,c pa eel of witho it a hit h, and
this fact Is in • great tnelante owing to the Rio oat cr.
..... meats by fiergeant-Mij ir Warts, as it.' ntheager. I
sod the valuable/kg/Vag° tendered by Mr. J. B. White, ss
Pr'.l°Ptf.r.• - -

R P. Jeffery, of Weymouth, W,s t*le
rerruouisr, and the v trious stags r. tmt.w. a pplita by
bun were 11 that could Ise draired.
It I. Intended to hen, fit the 'Working Men'. lostit ti, n
m t 0,.. the prrewds will aloe, as better ecc nusnodation
and mow books f n. the library are •sdly no elesi.
Oar attaulloo has been galled to the fseltha, (h., "gol.'
on Tuesday overdo, ensued themselves during 'be 'strove%
by "dist,limating p.m about the htil, in Kb tm the annoy-
ance of • portion of the au ilenc3. It is certainly r. t ,rr
O *godleu" otoosomont, and ono which it 'mak( not 14
sok to main In Wit. In.

husband arrived at chola five o'clock, and she then
told him Am,b the molter. Afterw dd, wrote a letter
on the advice I tor hurt and, ai, haring shown it to
him and Mr. %Vilerlcr, marred it at tbe losompton
tonal' !mt. Next two nivg Whi•mareh and Mr.
Garrett came. 'I he former said it wig a di. u-Ling
thing, and if he hod been Mr. Itigoell Le w• uht h tire
fought it out ou,i ki.ocked Ealw.oiles over, little man
as be was.

Mr. Lewis caked the wirneas to speak of Dr.
E.lwardes the same as Dr. Whitmarsh, namely, Ur.
I E 'wards., not plain Ed wardea.
' Wiles.s ret•lied—Well, they put me down as the
woman itignell.
Witness cautioned, said she expecte I Dr. Edward..
to come an I apo!ogise. Dr. Whitewall fetched Dr.
Edwards., who said, "Why do you emits false
char.:ea againat coo?" 3... said she dii not wish to
hurt him Ile adted her to withdraw. She eli
" I will, if you apologias." He then walked past her
and said. "I 'alumnae my power overcame me." Wit-
rm. said, " You should not attempt each a thing."
He put a letter into her hand an I asked her to tear It
up which she afterwards did. Dr Edwardee rammed
aatiafied, and then wrote • retractatton, which after a
consultation with her htubuid and persuarlioe, witness
aigned, saying she did not w.sh to injure either of
the doctor.. Dr. Edwardes thin kioned her little
boy, saying, " I have • ULU, by like you at hams,"
Dr. Edwearlea mak ot to ;bee Mrs. Wheeler, and said,
" Mr.F.Signell has withdrawn the charges. If you
rep at them I shall prosecute you tor libel." Mrs
Wheeler sail, You can't be, atany they ara true."
Next day Mr. Garrett an I Dr. Whitmush called. The
latter tol : her that Dr Ed warden was gob g to prorecute
(sensation). Mr. Garr, t• suggested that tho charges were
exaggerated. Witness paid they were weec ly true,
as she could awear before her Maker. Dr. Whit
morph said that Dr. Fat...melee ought to be locked from
one end of If unslow t the other. On the Wednesday
alter the ex .minati m Dr. F. laver lee coiled alone, and
saw witnesa and her humban.l. He said be should be
a ruined man whichever way the cam went. Witness
paid that he should not hero attempted such • thing.
Dr. M.lwardea motioned to her &CVO, the table to say
it WAI not tin.. Hor husband saw him, and said
wit.te,s could not perjure herself. Dr. E hoarders
nail, " What are you gong to du ' Her husband
▪ "Yot shall a ,ott sea if you don't get out of the
hue-." Dr. E twirl.. raid he was • roined mall, and
kit. On the next day Dr. Whitmarsh called alone.
Her huPband said ht would prosecute Dr. Edwards.,
Dr. Whitewall muse led Mr. Lay as solicitor.
Witness went to the policesta.ion and to di a charge.
The inspector advioy I ha to take out a summons on
the following morning. he inspector asked if Dr.
Ed warden had nffered money ti Fettle it. Wane...
...id he hat it, She would tint have taken it.
(Laughter.) She subsequently instructed Mr. Lay.
At this point the witnePs fainted. Mrs. Signell,
having recovered from the swoon, continued has
evidenoe. She stated that when struggling with Dr.
Edwardes she caught hold of his hair. She did not
call out loudly, but struggled an I said. "Get away."
She wrote the letter herself ; noon. dictated it to her.

Misr a short adjournment Mr. Lewis proceeded to
cross-examine Mrs. Bignell. She stated she had read
the statement written by Dr. Edward., just prior to
his committing suicide, in which he referred to thll
charge she had made being • lying statement made by
• lasciviona-minded. hysterical woman. She saw Mrs.
Piercsy and Mrs. Whipsler directly alter the alleged
assault, but neither remarked upon her appearance.
Daring the assault she called Mrs. ?Jamey, but did
n,4 scream. A knock at her wall could be heard
next door, but she tried to keep away from the wall
and as near the window as possible. As far a. she
knew, no one heard • noise in her house when the
alleged assault was committed. At the visit before
the assault witness complained of a pain, and Dr.
Edwardes made medical examination with perfect
delicacy. Mrs. Wheeler was expected every moment
without knocking.
The retraction was produced and read by the witness,
as follows—" Dr. Edwardes—l withdraw all charges
against you expreased in my letter of yesterday, and
am very sorry I made them." (Witness continued)
I said "how can I be sorry when I know it is perfectly
true?" _ _

did your Milhaud riga It I.—B mum I persuaded
him to. Dr. Whitmarsh witneseed it. I afterwards
tore up the piece of paper, but put the pieces under •
tumbler,. soon a. Drs. Whitmarsh and E iwardes had
gone, at my husbaid's request.
Did you give it 1) Dr. Whitmarsh on the following
day '—Yes; he asked me for • copy of it. That was
on the Moody. On the Tuesday Dr. Whitman&
called again, and lid me Dr. Edward's was going to
provicute me for libel.
Did he say " Dr. Elwarden is going to prosecute you
f.,r libel. I should recommend you to be 6rat in the
lied! ?" rueful.
_

Witne.s (alter a pause): I know be cams and told
me a ,mething.
Answer the question. 1)11 be not ray "Dr. Fodwardes
Is going to pro•ecute you (or libel. 1 rec unmend you
ha first in the tell'" He used the word "first."
(Oh, and a..pleuse.) I real y do not know what ha
did say. Hs said. " I don't want to see you rounded
on." (Groans and sensation.)
Did be rec 'emend you to lo first—H. did say
a iineihing about that.

Did he recommend you to go to the pllios. I =Dot
remember. He sail we should have to lease it to long
(oh). It wee Dr. Whitmareh's .binge. He set us on
(sewation and groans.) Without him we should have
d ne u thing at all. Of COW'S", we did not like tondo
a mailed Ilia%

I undens•and that it was Dr. Whitmar.h who egged
yu on?—Yes It was Dr. Whitinarat's doings af Mr we
signed the paver (groans, and hirsing in court.)
Did not Dr. Edwardes to Dr. Wititmar.h, to your
husband, to youraelf, and to everybody, denounce your
charge 3 e a toul lie ?—He did.
Was the charge you made in the letter true ?—Most
positively true.
Wasit not male without theslightest suggestion from
Dr. Whitmarsh !—Yos. . .

When Dr. NVnitcoarah calla 1 on on with Mr.
Garrett on the Sunday, watt he not very anxious to get
you to withdraw tho charge think not, if. at,rod
and I..oked on.

.
Was not Dr. Whitmarsh anxiona for you to with.
draw the charge ?—Not at first.
You said that it vu all Dr. Whitmarsh'e doing, and
that he egged you on. Explain wh.t you meant.
What you mean by egging you on is only that in
• POllll3 he is acting a (nen lly part with you '—Yea.
Ile urge I ma to take • prooecution agelnit Dr.
Edward,.

Is it true that you I, suffering from hysteria ?—No.
I have nsver eutr3T.l &An it. . .

The k oreman—Have you made any eimilar charge
againet any other man !—Nia, except that I clieNed •
man nem. I Clarke with threatening me by word of
mooth. He au I'igiaeJ.
Me. i..wic—l) I he not deny It and may he would
rather ap•logiee than have a row !—No.
A* etre. Bignell left the c iurt aft r her examination
wee c plebe led she WAS lou ily
The inquiry wax then adjourned till Teureday.

DEPARTURE OF .1(R. GLADSTONE FOR
CANNES.
.... . .

The Prime Minister left London on Weilnesdoy
morning for Cann... A telegram from Paris sit
niit announces that Mr. and biro. Gladstone arrived
th..re by no ill train yesterday afternoon, and im-
mediately continued their journey to CIIIO,S by a
direct MA tra'n Th, p weage across the channel
was a seleudid one, the we idler being fine, Mr.
GM lit in. *to id on the bridge au thii time.

REPORTED ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE
THE SULTAN.

Tolegrame from Stamboul relato that DO attempt Sal
mole OD Sunday by tome elle 1.1414111 to mareinate the
SdSan. Tee p!ot arae divulged by a woman._ an 4 whoa
the Circuits:a arriYA in the ity of the Sultan's
aptrtatents the owe met 001 def wed by the Alba& ea
body guard. 8 coral lives, t it caul. Men 101 l in the
eocninter.