The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-06-04 00:00:00

BB.IDPORT.

Oyu Lase 011 ors Ifunan.—Considerable excite-
ment has bees oosasioned in the town by the suinnos of
Mr. Laing's amendment on the Government Redistribu-
tion scheme whereby Bridport will lose one member.
Looking at the matter from a practical point of view,
It will make a great difference in many says to the
town, as the present members hare both of them boon
I. the habit of subscribing liberally to our various
Institutions, tied have also given donations towards
improvements from time to time in our elturebes.
chapels, kc., besides we believe each of them distributing
yearly a large sum in blankets and axis for the relief
of the poor in the winter season. flueb a sum total of
liberality *moot be expected from one member, sad it
Ii thought that he may not indeed give no much as the
two now aeverally do, lacking fiat htdintement each bee
hitherto had when one subscribed for the other to do
the name; in short, there will not be a oompetition Is
liberality as there has been in the past.

COUNTT Poucs, lietarday.—Belore J. P. F. °unary,
Esq. —Moults Houma, of Whitchursh Cenobioorom,
wee charged with neglecting to maintain his wife sad
family whereby they had become and still are ehargeable to
the Brid port Union. Mr. Ames, master of the union. said
tls defendant bad been formerly paying Fa. 64. per
week for their support and had speed to do so for about
20 week., anditho amount now doe by him woo £2 Bs. 61.
His wages were 9s. per week, and the guardians had
instructed witneee to prosecute. Witnase offered if the
men would pay 10a. and the wade 9.. 64., and take out
his wife and child to let bien off the mmainder of the
mossy. A men in court offered to advance the
for the porpom and did an, and as the defendant Teo=
to at ones take the wife and child out of the union,
the ease was dismissed. Mr. Ames said that it defend-
ant did take them out he would not live with ths wife.
—Jobs Bradford, of Bridport, was brought up on a
Molitor charge. He had been brought up before for
similar offences repeatedly and had been sent several
times to prison. He offered to pay some money and
take her out, but Mr. Ames mid it would be useless to
sooept his offer so he would never pay anything and
would go off to Dorchester or aoroarshere oho to avoid
p.9mitat. The amount he owed for the support of his
wde and child Mr. Ames mid mut between 1,,3 and ft
He had earned 10a. per week for the pest ten weeks of
Mr. Matthew Powell; the defendant denied it, bat Mr.
Ames said Mr. Powell bad jest told hint on, and in
answer to • question from the magistrete stated that
Mr. Powell bad informed him be would not be re-
sponsible lota farthing for the man. Defendant said
he could not take out his wife at present as she way
paralysed, hot be was willing to sou bate to bar so mod
sod would do an if discharged. He had not been ibis to
pay anything for her support formerly as he had been
out of work Mr. Anne however sold he spent his
money la drink, and wad to 'mins the charri. Mr.
Ouodry said as defendant's word could not he taken be
baring repeatedly before wombed to contribute to the
afipport of his wife mid child end failed to do so, he bad
no alternative but to mod him to prison, and, air Isat
time he wits sentenced to one month's imprisonment,
he would DOW have to go to gaol for two montha.