The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-07-09 00:00:00

NOTES OF THE WEEK.

Already about 80 members of the present Parliament
have signified their intention not to offer themselves
for resliction.

More than forty county seats which the Liberals did
not contest at the last election are to be contested next
time, and the Liberals count upon a gain of twenty.
Bye mate in this respect.

The sudden incrame of beat Lest week raieed the
death-rate among the 7,000,000 people who live
la the 90 large English towns nearly 15 per cent.,
as compared with the average of the preceding wren
weeks.

The Mcome of the Liberation Society is now over
£16,000 • year. It. report shows that Bradford Amide
al the head of contributing towns, sending not leas
than £3,636; London comes neat, contributing £1,521;
Manche.iter sends £1346; Bristol, £493; Ashton-
under-Lyme £216; Lemester, £165; Glasgow, £129;
Norwich, £119; and Nottingham, 121.

A few days ago the Cheshire magistrates decided
that a publican who wee asked for a " glare" of beer
was not bound to supply half-a-pint. On Thursday, at
Bootle, a woman was charged with having given a
customer ale without measuring it, and serving her
with half-a-pint too much. The Bench ruled that
drink ought to be measured, and ordered the defendant
to pay the costs.

The Lilmirala of "Auld Reekie," too, are wide-
awake. Scotland, even more serious than England in
anything to which it seta its hand, whether in defence
of its kilt, ita ken, its glories, or its grouse, is Just now
fully emploped in looking after the registration of its
voters. There can be no doubt that the Liberals are
much better organised outside the Rouse than they
are in, and there will be a hard contest in both
countriee at the next election.

The celebrated " Chinese Encynlopielia" which wee
purebred some months ago by the Trustees of the
Britiah Museum for £1,500 has been safely lodged in
that institution. It forms the most important
acquisition to the great national library which has
been made for gouts time past. The work is remark.
able as having nothing parallel to it extant in the
literature of other countries. It is compiled in 5,020
volumes, and consists of • vast thesanrul, into which is
digested the entire mar of Chinese literature extant at
the date of It. publication, classified under appropriate
headings, and accompanied with illustrative drawings,
plane, and maps. It includes treaties ranging from
1150 cc. to about the year 1700 of our era, and it
professes to represent every branch of Chinese
literature, with the single exception of works of
fiction. It ass compiled in the early part of the
eighteenth century by an Imperial Commission under
the orders of the great Emperor Kang 11.1 So.
The blindness of the late King of Hanover WM
occasioned, it is understood, by an accidental, and by
no means violent, blow upon the ear. Sarosdy • day
pares, we believe, without some echoolmaster (or
schoolfellow, in natural imitation of his master,)
giving sleds smart "box" upon the ear. Few persons
would be bold enough to chose the eyes. a part upon
which it was expedient to indict • violent blow by
way of moral education, but there is apparently no
end to the numbers who select an organ upon which
violentro is liahle to be attended with much more
dangerous results. For not only is deaf nese caused by
"boxes," which rupture (am they continually do) the
drum of the ear, but the inflammation of the internal
cavity, which is so frequent • result, may be followed
by direr of the bone, giving rise to abeam of the
brain and having • fatal termination. Medical men
alone can be fully aware how fruitful • source of
suffering and danger is repnrented by the box upon
the ear. There are, for example, under observation
at the present moment two schoolboys, who have been
the victims of such an await Surely, schoolmasters
ought to have learned long ere this, the danger of a
mode of personal chastisement that has apparently
usurped the place of others, which, ll more dieguating,
were not attended with an equal amount of peril.--
TA. Lancd.

PIONOTIOIL—P.C. Henry Carter, of the borough
constabulary, has been promoted from the lot clan to
the merit clan. and appointed Acting-Sergeant, eke
Pomeroy resigned.
Os FRIDAY lAST, Mrs. Everett, the wife of the
rector of Holy Trinity, entertained some of her female
parishioners at a tea held at her private residency
The visitors were hospitably entertained with a good
tea, supplemented with etrawherries and cream in the
gardens of the rectory, and a bouquet of fl were. The
recipients, it need hardly be sail, were delighted with
the kindly consideration shown them.
SIAM•T SCHOOL APISIVIReART.—The anniversary
of the Wesleyan Sunday School was celebrated on
Sunday last, the usual sermons being preached by the
Rev. Samuel Wesley, of Poole. The rev, gentleman
selected hi. text in the morning from Revelations vii,
9, 10—" After this I beheld, awl lo a great multitude,
which no man could number, of all nations, and
hindreb, and people, and tongues, stood before the
throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white
robes and palms in their hand.; and cried with a loud
voice, saying, salvation to our God which 'Weill
upon the throne, and unto the Lamb;" and in the
evening from St. John, ix. 4, on which he founded
two earnest and impreadve .liscotunes. The children
very nicely wing • selection of hymns during the day,
Miss Keats ably leading on the harmonium. There
was • good attendance at each service, and collections
were made in behalf of the Sunday School funds.
This Vdonday) morn nit the children, numbering 170,
with 24 teachers and 30 visitors were taken to Lod'
moor, near Weymouth, for their annual treat, in
vehicles kindly lent by the following gentlemen of
the town:—Messrs. 'l. Bennett. J. Clifford, G.
Crocker, G. Davis, J. F. Hannah, R. Hill, 0. K.
Loader, C. Parsons, E. Pops, J. Tripp, J. Wellspring,
and G. Wright, where we have no doubt they will
thoroughly enjoy themselves.
i Wournues Ourtra.—The animal way:goose in
connectioh with these Aim took place on Saturday,
1 when Bristol was the place fixed upon. Thanks to
Mr. Yeo, the Great Western stationmaster, we started
I at half-past five o'clock, and were soon rattling on to
Frome, where a alight halt and a change wadi made.
I No more changing trains after that, and we reached
• Bri•tol at twenty minutes to nine. A little time was
spent in having breakfast, for we were all hungry and
thirsty alter the long ride, and then we started in • tram
for Clifton Suspension Bridge, which was indeed a
(mad sight. By this time one o'clock had arrived,
and we were moon back to Bristol and seated around
the hospitable table of the landlord of the Drawbridge
Hotel, where dinner was served up in capital style,
and in a way which reflected much credit. Salmon,
joints, ducks, and green peas, and the other new
vegetables of the season, with • variety of etc' in the
pastry line, constituting • very tolerable repast. Dinner
being over, in the absence of the Proprietor, the chair
was taken by the Publisher Mr. B. R. Wescott,
who wee faced by one of the journeymen; but am the
press d *snot generally appredate a lot of alter-dinner
speechifying, the Loads were out very short. The
health' of the proprietor, editor, and publisher/were
drunk with "three times three," all expressing their
regret at the absence of the two former. A visit to
the "Zoo" wee then paid, where Borne were rambling
about looking at the animals, others eagerly watching
the results of the bicycle racing. and Remain to the
band, do., until five o'clock, when we had to make
our way back to the Drawbridge for tea, which was
soon got ovir ; after which • little ramble through the
town and then to the station, which we left at 7 15,
and on we mow to From. A halt for about 15
minutes, and off we went again merry with joke and
song, reaching Dorchester about twenty minutes to
eleven, and so ended the waysgoose of 1878.—[By
"a Haut")
&Rouen Porn SISWONS (this day) Monday.—Befors
the Mayer 01r. J. P. Aldridge) and KOJ. G. Gregor/.

INT ONCLI TO TIIII RISCIII.

DIKILACIIIIL POOJTIOS —114,y Jll4ll Newer; Ma
elderly WWII.. WaS eh or I la editooy with being
drunk and incapable in th • Iterket•plese at half-pest 11
o'clock on the previou, niuht.—P.o D.i.vding said he
found the prieonev oticuu on the Pavels'.t 1••••ing
Ilisluet • lamp Poet She wan helplessly drunk. and with
aerial:ince he carried ber si the police eta, ion. Pri•oner
drilled tieing belpircc, bAt I. Horn gave e•orrdleirative
evidence, and the Bauch imposed wile, of he. end COOL
SaTIALDAT. —Before Masers. J. B. Durli .113t1 G. IL
thatch.

--6-111-ADI IN AND WIT Ur? --Joseph Golap, a labourer,
of Lonifi,x, ere Arouse' up in custody charged with
being drunk and attesuptart to injure his adopted .on.
William James Smith, aze 114 years, with • knife, n the
previous afterueon.—Prisoner pleated guilty—Charles
Brown said he was pa in ii.eseesion of prisoner's goods by
Mr. Padley. the County COOT' Bailiff. About half-part
three or quarter to f,u, the preoeusertoeo,,,o prisoner
cams home drunk and smesLed thy windows of his house.
He remonstrated with prisoner, and be entered the house
and tort UP the Poker and smashed everything in the
room, including • clock and looking girt( Prisoner said
- I'm 11 I don't kill the child, and my wife shall have
it afterwards.' Prisoner went into the garden and stood
over the child with • knife, and he went and knocked
him backwards. Prisoner threatened to cut the child's
throat. —The IMAIPID/Atei fined prisoner Eit. and ortts far
being drunk and bound him over in the sum of £lO to
keep the pesos for six months. He was allowed a week
to pay the fine and costa 12a, and will be committed for
scree days' hard labour in default of payment.

AN EARNEST APPEAL TO THE LIBERALS OF
THE UNITED KINGDOM.
Oelitlemrtli —We, the uudersigned, liberal burgers' of
the B trough of Pole, Dirset, feeling sure that the ex.
traordinary CII Ct 111441•110.4 here related, warrant WI in
making thittappeal tot he Liberals of the United King.
dont, have Wren the liberty of soliciting your aasirdance
sod mmpatby.
Up to the year IK'4, for 48 years, this borough returned
but Peg Conservative member to Parliament (Mc
Robinson), who obtained hie majority owing to a split in
the Liberal camp, relative to the Navigation Laws, and
who sat during one Pm lissnent only.
In 1808, Mr. Arthur Guest,. Conservative, backed by
the ustermt of his brother. Sir Ivor Guest. Lard of the
Manor, was returned bye majority of 00, hie opponent
=M This
result Charles Waring. the former member. is
was accomplished on account of the burgeases being
erroneously led to believe that Mr. Guest, from the tone
of bL epsecktes, and the wording of his electorisl addrem,
was a Liberal, differing only from other Liberal Politicians
In the opinions he held respecting the Irish Church
Question.
Alter he wee returned, the majority of the burgesses,
ending that he never voted in favour of Liberal measures,
refused to support him in the election of lEGI, and they
returned Mr. Charles Warms, the former Member. by •
mejority of Ufi.
" The Guest Party." with their unbounded resources,
determining to return at any cost their Nominee to Par-
Ream.: Petitioned avian Mr. Warte(s return, and he
eat unseated, it being discovered that the over-seal
displayed by his penmens had led tltt..o be guilty of
act.,
which subsequently proved to be el The)
however, who tried the case, in giving is decision. re.
!narked that the C awerrativee were represented by
• p,,,,,,suess pstitiuusn,- who could not afford to pay the
costs of the Petits di, had it been decided against them;
he further noted that one of them meld net rows write Si.
ow. NUM Out of the numberless came of bribery, cor-
ruption, Au, which were testiest forward, but one or two
e.eps of treating, efter the stow:Sion, were proved ; be there.
Lore stiginetised the Petition a. "A Flints° PETITION."
and ordered each pirly to pay tUir owe cods.
it is worthy to remark that Mr. Arthur Outset DID NOT
CLAIM TKZ Sear. FIB rti
_ . .

•• couseriratives then nominated Sir Ivor Berlin
Guest, Bert, Lord of the Manor, President of the Poole
Conservative Association, owner of • great part of the
Borough. the Istgeet landowner in the locality, and the
ensticaledul Cendldate for Glarnorganshire but • few
weeks before this, to represent them, and he 'kindly
emedeeeneder to stand. His opponent was the Honourable
Eno,. Aet,ley, second eau of the Berl of Shaftesbury,
which gentleman (a perfect stranger to the town) defeated
the Lord of the Minor slier a few day? manes and now
represents the Borough. After this the Guest Party,"
cousisting of • few Conservatives, and that section of the
e,,,umunity which 'as influenced by comideratione Near
Oise plasmd determined once again to =aka • stand, and
~x,ontiugly they found in an obscure suburb of the town
an old man, who had little or nothing to loge, and
persuaded him to petition against Mr. dighloy.
Asian a Petition wee lodged, in which Mr Ashley wee
amused of beibery, intimidation, corruption, and all
other illegal sets which go to invalidate an Election.
The "Gramervatives, or ether"r the Guest Parte,.
being unable probably to prove any illegal act against Hr.
Ashley, withdrew their Petition, and he retained Ma seat.
Since then "the ducat Perty- have persuaded Sir Ivor
Guest, the President of the Poole Conservative Assam-
lion. again to contest the Borough of Poole at the next
General Election, and hare carried on Stan enormous cost
—through the means of resources which at pear to be
never-learn/4—s system of political warfare, which only
requires the popularity el their refersaretatier, not a chutes
In the political ideas now prevalent in the Borough, to
make it Impregnable. The most lavish system of expendi-
ture is now in force, but strange to relate—to quote Sir
Ivor Gooses own words when presiding at a political
dinner in Poole,—" Tug lassaus ALE NOT enVIIIIID
YET." . . _

•
TIM "crushing proms however, still continues- and
even in municipal matters the " Crushers" bring political
influence so strongly to bear, that the Borough of Poole is
turned into • political bear-garden, in which state it
appears it Is likely to contuitte until the Liberals AM
" crushed."

fo—illustrate this more forcibly, the "Convervatives" at
the last Municipal Election nominated • man whose name
did not appear on the Bureaus-roll, it being omitted (sie
they averred)" through an error."
The Mayor, haring taken eminent Counsel's opinion
upon variousi intricate point• connected with the nomina-
tion of the Candidates, decided that any Candidate for
the °Moe of Town Councillor, whose name was omitted
from the Eureeearoll, was ineligible to be nominated, and
on that score he &squalid...l ono of the Conservative
Candidate. . _

11;;;tonservativies," counting the "glorious uncertainty
of the law: and ending that the Act of Parliament wee
vague enough to admit of two constructions concerning
the qumtion of disqoaliflcation, fludinr also that their
noseieees were •41 rejected at the Median he the Bargees's,
resolved to Bie yet sneaker and a taint peidion again.% the
return of them gem lenien who worn elected bye majority
of the Burgas's*. The Antl-Liberals knew they had all to
gain and nothing to lam except money, and this was of no
object to them, and they were too well educated by the
chief wire pullara of the "Conservative Awociation" to
care how much expense the men they petitoned against
were put to, or how ill they could afford to pay the coat.
The car was heard • few days ago in the Court of
Common Plena, Wore three Judges.
A lung army of Counsels amongst which might be
noticed the Solicitor-Generai and Yr. granthani. N.r.,
represented the Petitioner, whilst watching the proceed-
ings during a great part of the trial sess Sir leer Bartle
alasaelf. the President of the Poole Canservatimi
Amociation.
. . .

The JUlges, after a long deliberation, held that Use
Mayor's decision was wrong; the result of this judgment
I. that the three Town Councillors and the Returning
Alderman for their Ward have to pay costs amounting to
SEVERAL HUNDRED POUNDS, to assist in defraying
which this appeal is made.
The hardship of the ease becomes apparent, when it is
considered that the four men who were unseated. and
who had /swamp ohms's, to do with the Nayor's Doeision,
(which was the decisio..ri of a prOlox officer), are called upon
to pay the " crushing expenses attendant upon the trial
resulting from that decisioth expenses, by the way, they
are not ashamed to own, are large enough to seriously
affect them.

—i-s-DO-1-a7ge. a sum is now required to meet this oppressive
tag, it is farvenUy hoped that a liberal reeponse may be
made to this appesl, which response, if not productive
immediately of pecuniary usistance, may pi..behly assist
In condemning to, tactics which are resorted to, to' crush"
the Liberals in Poole.

-W-tT would 'rpm@ a wish that the
popularity of Conserratisin in Poole, of tits present Presi-
dent of the Poole CA'auenative Awociation, and of "the
Petitioning System" generally. way never be greater than
it was on the An of June, when taut electors of Poole, to
ahow their diwust at the L•CliCal resorted to by the so
Conservatives, re elected the three unseated Town Coun-
cillor by an 1140111110U11 lIAJOILITY. If such may happily
be the caw. the Borough ut Poole will continue, as in days
gone by, to return • Liberal member to Parliament, as no
Conservetire could leer, by fair weans, tepresent its con-
stituency. until • greet and an almost impowible change
has taken place in the minds of its Borges's., and petition-
ing and " Üb.ro.l cruabing" begun to be the popular
method of wiring at the political opinions of the eon-
stituenry.
Report says that the fourth petition is now about to be
Mad, but upon what grounds it Is at present irlaussibls to
determine.
We oar* the satisfaction of knowing that this appeal
truthfully represents the past and present history of
politicaler matters in Nola alao that the Liberals of the
h are unanimous in expressing opinions similar to
the above.

tog Lb. favour of your early reply.
We have the honour to remain, gentlemen.
Your taleleful and obedient servant',
JAMS. BUT, Poole.
limear Dams, Baiter. Poole.
W. Juices, Lousiest. Poole
Join Rom klarket-street, Poole.
Hamlet Dug, Caw's-lane, Poole.
Weges tot Kuncu.. Longfleet. Poole.
Jams Liar. 70, Higbetreet, Poole.
PIMPIST, Liberal-road, Longtime, Poole
Poole, June 15, 1878
(N•ll.—The lase named geatleman ham kindly consented
ho receive replies.)

There are few boroughs in England where the struggle
between Toryism end Liberalism is more marked than it
is in POOlO. This borough for forty years bas Tenn-cad
Liberal members to Parßement (with one solitary excel,-
non), until the yew INA when Mr. Guest, the brother of
the lord of the minor, who profaned liberalism, but erm
an opponent to Disesteblishosent of the Irish Chinch, svaa
returned. The Liberals found out to their cost that they
had sedated in returning a Tory when they ftturaui
and at the next election they returned their old member,
Kr. Waring, by the large majority of 195. The Tories
aoro so exasperated at this that they naereted Mr.
Waring on petition; this so kindled the wrath of the
[abash that they returned the Eon. Mr. Ashley, •
perfect stranger to the town, in the face of Sir Ivor Guest,
who owned more then half the borough. liver sin, then
the Tories have been more victious than ever, and have
petitioned every time they _have been in
il the minority in
th• Municipal elerunre. Pon • legal quibble, and upon
• point of law undecided until the other day, the Tories
eseseted the than Liberal Town Councillora, elected Met
November. The other day the new electice was Mild, and
iho bue. showed their disgust at the petitioning
tooth. pied by the Tories by returning tifnus all the
three Liberals by • large majority. The then Liberal
ckmnosa, who were unmated and are now returned,
together with the returning Alderman of the Ward, am
emulated in costa amounting to several hundred Pounds,
the cruelty of which is evident when they have thus
innocently to suffer for the Mayor's decision, with which
Pahad nothing whatever do. But the Liberals of
to
aro a eery stubborn race ,• they know they have •
majority of votes in the borough. and thee arc about to
Loa.. appeal to the Liberals of the United Kingdom to ask
for mammies to help them to pay the cnaei and .junt
eate with which they are saddled. and we heartily wish
that a good hearty nepotism may be made to this atmeali
to show that Liberals throughout the appmist,
the true spirit which actuated the men of Pools in the Met airhi for their rights which they have undertaken-71s
Its/orws Giamtn,

6th D.R.V.—On Wednesday led this carps assembled
in full &shut the &mnoury for Colonel Steward's annual
inspection. There were present Lieut. T. 1). B. Rawlins,
in command. Sub Lieut. C. J. C. Rawlins, Bugle Halm'
Yankee's* Q tarter-Masao Saint Sudden, six sergeant&
two buglers, 51 rank and 510, total BI The owns went to
Broadatone by rail where they joined in. pool. oorps.me
Colonel with whom wee Adjutant Harmonl. wee received
with a very creditable Wets, the arms &c were very
fahluiely inspected. after which an hours exercise of hard
work In skirmishing &c. was given to the man.°aloha
Steward, in addresaing the men, remarked that it gave
inm much pleyur. In fo.9•Cti.g the 4th and deb corps of
the Dorset Battalion. The eras were kept very well and
It wee very much to the credit ol the sth carp. in tursiag
out no Ammo, and ho only wished that a larger muster it
the 4th had )vas present He holvid to meet them all at
amp on the figth Met, and when the battalion marched
Into camp be should then have two or three remarks to
make to them. Tits parade was then dismissed, both
cape marching home, the 6th being headed by their
capital bud, reaching boas about quarter to tea.
JIMIDPOBT.
4 beir cake at atecidant ww oade it the Hedger cm

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AN!) ACRICII,TURAL GAZETTE. TUESDAY. JULY 9, 1878.