The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-12-19 00:00:00

Corrnsponotna.

"I lIAVE .1.241 ()PINION."
To tk diSor.
Sir.—The above phrase ha. been Inwke.l aliont „utd
one IS sanest tired f hearing It; but I eliould like In
know why th..4e who profcas to "have an
do not give etpression to it. I am not an authority
upon legal matters, but it seems tm in,, that at di
e‘ents the ruling of our Town t lerk, lia.sked as it je
by eminent counsels' opinion, is the right mie
upon the ground of continua sense. If peoph e,„14.
your to shuffle out of a matter by saying 4,41
vote" why it appears to me it is plain that such int.
certain opinions must be directed either the onc v./
or the other by stronger-minded individuals. IVhet;
sir, I reeonled my etc last month in favour .4 My.
I certainly concluded I had voted for one who
woithl at all events have some say upon the niatten of
the day and not merely sit blindly indifferent to slut
goee on aniuud. I fancy from the reports I have
in the Express that I have been much niis-led. Bot
of this I feel certain that when our sufferages are *gale
solicited we shall remember whether or not the can.
dilate for them has had the pluck and the honesty to
record his "opinion" upon matters we sent him to the
rouncil-chamber to speak upon. I on led to
these observations from seeing the mischievous re:l/lark,
which appear in your contemis.razy relative t, the
part a newly-elected councillor took in the
.4 the last meeting. I congratulate that gentleman
that he has shown such an independeoey .4 spirit
and I als, congratulate you, sir, that you are alsse
inducements to make capital out !..f a paltry splabbk
Yours obediently,
.1. 1.
Dorchester.

A " GOOG TEMPLAIL " LODGE SCENE. Violence is often the result of intemperance, hut it is 4
Mistake to 44ppoie that assaults are never committed by
total-abstainers. A melancholy inatance of 4 teetOtal
fracas led to the appearance on Tuesday, at the %Vidor.
Polieecourt, of the "Grand Worthy Secretary of the
" Haste to the Rexene" Lodge of Good Templar. aa
W 1,1110.4, to answer a charge of assaulting Peter Tonkin!.
It seems that Tonkies, who has Irmo a WOW Liner ha.
sixteen years, lately auldied la., 'eu. la" a .tueliilsrr of the
haste to the Rt.i, . Ludge, WWI 1,101011411 Ce uith the
wish of the OfiitialA waited in the ante.raMl of the lola
on the night id the 27th. The result tot the lydlut Wu
that Ton kies was rejected, owing to a ti.. 4 Templar sister
stating that he had, affirmed that "rather C.an wear the
Good Templar regalia he would 114Vehi4 ham/ ..ht.t,mi
olf." Tonkiea, unfortunately hearing. it,,statement.
eheeteel through the koeli "Id. a wh,„„p,
the Grand Worthy Secretary rushed out or a,. aral
'dapped his lace. trim,* -examination, ronktesadinittad
that when Brother itogz.r,. art,,,tee,. e.„
for him "be shouted, 'Go en.' The however.
after hearing the wi I..th ride% 1i.11.1 aae that
any exclamation made hy I "nide, throuaii the
m keyhole
justified the atted% awl tined Coe tiraud N'iirehy
Secretary
.f& and costs, or in default two mouths' impel-
sionmenk—Pall Mall Gazette.

MOCKING MCItI/Ell AT PiglAco.
The house numbered Itt. Stanley stre.t, We,,.
Pimlico, was the rem. of a dreadful oc.are,..„
rendered the more painful by the coel ‘l.lO
nature of the crime committed. The occupier of
the
was Mr. John Collins, a builder, age( se. oho lived jinn
with his wife, and who was also the owner of Lowe pro-
perty in the neighbourhood. A young nive, named Fred-
erick Treadway, of whom the Collie. family heard
through 1501111: of their relatives., made his find call ix
Stanley-etreet on Thursday, and Friday morning he inns
visited the house. Mr. Collins WWI out at the time,
what sebsequently took place cannot be better deceribed
thrui from a statement made by his wife, who, w.e.48
were but freely spoken, in consequence of the terhan
injuries she has received. It was about le o'clock Fria.,
morning when Treadway called, amid Mrs. Collin. asked
him down stairs to await her husl.nil's return. Hs
complained of being tired and unwell, havint, been.
as lie said, " walking about 311 eight. She
suggested that a little sleep would do him nad
and placed a couple of pillows at the back of the
chair in which he was sitting. Ile appeared perfectly
calm, and there was nothing in his manner at that time
to suggest any motive for the perpetration of the
terrible act that f.•llnweil. Pre-entl Y Mr.
returned, and went downstairs and seated himself in a
chair at the table opposite Treadway. The wife
hail Weal to go in and ,nit of the kitchen, awl
elle heard nothing but ordinary isinver.ation going on.
As dinner time approached she heard her husband ask the
visitor, "What glo m you soy to 'moth r the as reply w.
" ril have some." Afterwards the wife left the 'lather
table for a few momenta while meat was being servo!,
and when in the baek kitchen she wa. startled by the
report of firearms. On 4 to ram what wa, the
matter S:6O WWI Islet hy Treadway 11l ill g out of the
kitchen. He then fired at her, brit missed his aim. shi,
seize.) him liv the collar t • prevent ewe's:, when he
forced hie tl I. into her so.mth, a110 l
with his thumb and linger, tore it open. He then knokcd
her down, awl forced her leNel again 4 ilitt Wall, and ran
up,tiirs, leaking lies way to the street rearing for
the itilety of her leislimpl, she imm.ius.ntei fu ,raal int,, the
area, and called to a passer-loy to stop the ...ailed. A
lodger Caine .lowneitairs„ 411.1 401 Ulliefilla Ulu kit.),,,, sow
Mr. I Alin. still Aesat...l WI the "hair, apparently dead, the
lihssl flowing liroffl'ell. trent Ilia wooed.. The neijihour.
hood ANon eue alarmed, awl Dr. IV of
GlOUrfall,l,ll,o., quickly attended, hut on his arrival hi
pronounixol the unfortunate man to be dead. Bullet
w Is were Pereeptilde near i,. left eye and ear, and it
was fin, opinion ot the niedii•at genUeman that a litallet
lodged near the I.rain. Every sittention was pai.l to
the wounds of Mr.. I 'Alin., which were at lirst thought
ta he of a mod ~.ri.pit4 character (rote the great 1.,. of
blood that had en.iied.

The parents wf Iremlway are respectable ise,on., and
the father came. on a liusineld at Itornsey Until lately
the .S 1 appears ti bare lived at home. Not loin sime be
was in the employment of a firm in Oxf,r.bstreet, bet at
the time of the emumittal of his crime he was wit in a
eituati,n. lhi itil” Sledge at the Collins. was OCeasiolled
kV Ilia keepim: emnpany with the daughter of Mm
St..phim.. a sister of the deceased. Ile is ilescrilied by
those who know him as being a temperate map.

The boat race between buw.len an Nieholann for
Mt which areulteil inn demi heat on Moielay, 11W1
r. wet over .111 Saturolay inoruhr4, 1111 the Tyne on the
mile name. AA becore, Sicholeon took the lea,l
fir,t. Nit wa. ,non 1.a..4.e4 by I.mus.len, %eh.. 1,1 by
lenzth at half a mile, awl won the race by rather are
length.