The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-04-11 00:00:00

FASHIONS FOR APRIL

The fashions of this season will, l,e Folk( thinks, be
much admired by all whose satiric taste and just apprecia-
tion of the qualities constituting real elegance render their
opinion of value. There is no longer any exaggeration of
style or cut adopted by either the grandee modistes or
their customers ; striking colours in juxtaposition, and
caricatures of shape and trimming, are things of the rest
Skirts, though still worn without any drapery at the front
and sides, no longer cling so closely to the figure as to
render movement on the part of the wearer awkward and
ungraceful. They are gored to the waist, and the fulness
thrown to the beck : but, instead of being tied beck in
place, a gored breadth is placed undernettli at is :
these are laced together mor.e or boa cloWr in the mariner
used to keep trincdettea and tournures in place.
The trains are of medium length, or very long, according
to the clan of toilette; some are sloped gradually from
the length of the sides ; others, the extra length is left on,
forming a decided train, the coraer being left square or
cut round, according to Mete.
Cheeks we may consider to have definitely disappeared
from the ateliers of the principal dressmakers, excepting
for children's wear: for these they will be very Much
used either as dresses or trimmings. Stripes will bp vary
fashionable. Gold and silver braiding is also very fashion-
able, and fiounose and MUT of lace
The backs and fronts qf thirts Sr. invariably trimmed
differently. gnaw are eacerively fashionable Ribbons
ass mush used as dress trimmings, and will be in much ,
request for the spring and summer toilettes.
The bonnets for this month are principally made of chip,
rice, etraw, or some kind of coarse straw. The most
fashionable Rowers are those in season—snowdrops, violets,
and some other small Rowers, such as winos, daisys,
small white rosea buds. Fancy greens and mores
&realm much used and very elegant. Scarlet poppies blend
very artistically with the crear-mdoured ribbons and laces
so much worn.

The first trial of • shipowner on • charge a
ship to sea in an unseaworthy condition took place at the
Liverpool Arias& The defence was that the ship in
question was perfectly seaworthy, and that • large sum
had been spent to each. her so. The Jury acquitted the
accused. . _

COW MY MC LOCOCY'S PULIIIIONIC WAMIA.—" COQ*,
Colds, Consumption, Asthma, and Bronchial Affections
sre so quickly and surely removed by there that I must
WINS request you to let them be still more widely
known n this great commercial centre."—From Igr.
Norris, UR, West Derby-road, Liverpool Di all Disorders
of the Throat and Lungs, sad all figiserisal
sad Memos' ComPlasksatirinstaist relief. Bola
by all drusesta at 11. l Pr

earrnsponbnut.
EQUALITY IN LAW.
To the Editor.
the last market day I visited your ancient
and highly respectable borough. Having no particular
business I dropped casually into your Assize Court,
where the County magistrates were engaged in dis-
pensing justice. While I was there a care was called
on in which there were two defendants- master and
1311.11. Now the master, and very properly I think,
was allowed to sit behind a very able gentleman who
defended him; --but (and here I utter an indignant
protest) the man, a highly respectable-looking labourer,
had to stand in the dock, from whence, I was told,
many a felon had gone to meet a righteous doom. All
men, I thought—perhaps a fond delusion—were equal
in the eye of the law; why then should an honest men,
simply because he is a labouring man, be subject to an
gross an indignityt when, if he were really guilty, he
was in fact more sinned against than sinning. I would
have that no man "pulled up" on a summons should
be compelled to submit to such a degredation ; but I
cannot but ask why that righteous impartiality which
I for one fully believe distinguishes courts if justice
presided over by country gentlemen, should be sullied
by so glaring an act of one-sided distinction.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
A VISITOR.
[We quite agree with our correspondent in his view
of the matter, but we think that of which he complain.,
war quite unintentional. No one should be compelled
to stand in a dock when his offence May probably be
found unproven, or sufficiently light to be exonerated
by the payment of costa It may easily be remedied
by allowing defendants to stand below the bar, and
facing the Bench.—EDA