The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-03-25 00:00:00

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THE "CHRONICLE'S" INSULT TO LORD

POLTIMORE.

To th e Editor of the Dorset County Exprese and
Agricultural Gazette.

Stn,-1 sent the enclosed to the Blitor of the
Doreet County Chronicle, and he last night wrote
me in reply, declining to insert the letter. May I
beg of you to insert it your paper with this letter,
as I think the county of Dorset should know the
true reason why the Reporter of the Dorset Chron-
icle was not present at Lord Poltimore's Hunt
Dinner.
Your obedient servant,
W. MANLEY.

King's Arms, Dorchester,
March 22cd, 1862.

To the Editor of the Doreet County Chronicle.
SIR,--! have just read in your paper, under
"Lord Poltimore's Hunt Dinner," your editorial
" PS." I have never heard of any committee of
Lord Poltimore's Hunt, nor do I believe there is
one. The tickets were one guinea, and I offered
your reporter, and the reporter of the Doreet Exprem,
tickets for half a-guinea. His Lordship bad
nothing to do with it, and as far as he knew, be
believed that your paper was being represented in
the room. Lord Poltimore asked the members of
his Hunt and other friends to meet him at his
Annual Hunt Dinner, and any gentleman, by paying
for his dinner ticket, might have been present. I
think you should have attributed your reporter's
absence to the right cause, without insinuating a
political motive.

I remain, Sir,
Your Obedient Servant,
W. IdANLEY.

King's Arms, Dorchester.

THE " CHRONICLE'S " ATTACK ON MR.

EDWARD POPE.

To the Editor of the Dorset County Express and

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SIR,—I am sure you will not allow the Dorset
Chronicle to attack Mr. Edward Pope, or "the
Cardinal," as he is called, in so vile and hypo-
critical a manner as it has done, by insinuating in
an anonymous letter that he is a killer of foxes, with-
out gii ing the whole thing a flat denial, and asking
the Editor of the Chronicle to publicly proclaim the
name of the writer of the scandalous insinuation. I
have known the Chronicle a long time, but never
have had the gratification of seeing its good
qualities ; I have also had the pleasure of knowing
Mr. Edward Pope all my life, and never found him
guilty of an ungentlemanly act; and I will defy the
Chronicle to prove that be (Mr. Pope) is a destroyer
of foxes. Seeking justice at your hands,

I remain, Sir
Yours respectfully,
A STAUNCH PRESERVER.

SOMERSET LENT ASSIZES.

The commission for bolding these assizes was opened
on Thursday, by Mr. Justice Blackburn, Mr. Justice
Byles arriving later in the evening. The usual attend-
ance at church was given by Mr. Justice Black-
burn. On Thursday morning Mr. Justice Bytes took
his seat in the Crown court, Mr. Justice Blackburn
presiding in the Nisi Prins. The calenaar contained the
names of 80 prisoners-74 males and 6 females, charged
as follows : arson 1, assault and robbery 2, bigamy 2,
(1 of each sex), burglary 3, feloniously assaulting an
infant 2, cutting and wounding 2, forgery 2, house-
breaking 2, indecent assault 1, inflicting bodily harm 1,
larceny 33. larceny as servant 5, larceny from the person
1, manslaughter 1, murder 5, obtaining goods or money
by false pretences 7, post-office robbery 1, receiving
stolen property 2, rape 1, sacrilege 4, sheepstealing 1,
throwing stone at railway engine I.