The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-05-12 00:00:00

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Mr. Norton has been placarded todeliver an address
at Bristol. The f.illowing appears ina lively little paper
called th(• Magpie. (Perhaps) the Editor will 11(C11,1e
my saying it seems a case of " Stump and Magpie") :
--•• A placard is 1...m.1 .0a emir Bristol walls addressed
"To ahataineix,' and aa ill a visit from " Mr.
,%Idemam Poole. i have before con,.
menu.' qa.n the meddling Im(pensities lif tilts
individual, who, in his bigoted (Ilan: to establish
temperance at the cost of anything and everything --
not only did a deal of utimehief to ninny mssl Poole
ratepayers, but wax the cause 14 bringing the Council
into dissension, and OM of his satellite. being sent into
penal iwrvitude for fable swearing. The prevent
Mayor and the other nwinbers apistrophimd him an a
public nuisance. The ipaindant I'm not aweariail
Alderman lb-ball to be allowed to air hal
grievance'. outside Poole Harbour, where it'a a pity,
as he's so fond .4 water, he wasn't ducked in it a few
times. Publicans have all touch right to lead an
undisturbed resroctablelife as this sails. led waterdinhib-
lug entliwiiitat.

Pita In I Acconlineto din Irk% at the.liorkshire
Spring .tAxixe At LeedA on Saturday, Mr. Jumice Day
kind. d the punislinwot of "the cat" upon three
odenden.. Bravo, Mr. JuAtice Day ; inure I..over t.
your elbow.

I have had sent me a copy of the 'Jo,.? Truiplari
Wetklernayl. It ositains iswtraits of Mr. Williams,
Mr. Norton, Baron Iluddlesbm, And Sir William
Harcourt. The first two are nattering, the third
would do as well for any other judge, and Sir
William's would pose for that of a certain
nobleman before he 13... Jew's! to ° languish."
Amongst its literature is a short article headed
" statement by a solicitor who was present
at the trial, and has thoroughly invested the
cam." In it the writcr kindly points out to the judge
where he exceeded his duty and where he neglected it
—of course in his opinion. With regard to Williams'
defence, with which I Am very much miataken—
although this is a Mere supposition—the author had
a great deal to do, lie says :—" Baron Huddleston
also Aningly refosed to allow the witnese.es to he
Crowi-oraMOI.I.o• to riots at Poole, which rendered it
inipis.sible for William,, to obtain evidence on his
behalf.—l was present at Poole on the oocasi.m
each riot, and, as a matter of fact, A body of 30 Palm'
liken was Istrely .utheient to protect %Vahan's, and
under thes.• circumstances it was inusrsible for
Williams to go alsoit Poole and idoutify the witnewors‘
he (xlilld have called to corroborate his statements.
witnesses could not heobtained in any other way,
asWillis..... Willia only knew theilensons by sight, 'and did
not know their 11131111,1: %Thy the fact was that the
only persons Williams could have called were those
who pnived that he had perjured himself. Who
could he have called to substantiate his assertion that
h., stood on the stain. and heard Bowyer let
out at two in the morning, except Bower
himself, who swore that he slept at the hotel that
night, or who the Mr. Smith was served with drink on
a Sunday eNcept t r. Smith, who declared it a false-
hood. ft's nonsenio. to talk about the evidence that
could have Is.oi called. The writer adds: —" The
judge also said that Sorroo enivioyod Williams ti
entrap in• ple into breaking the law, whereas this was
not in evidence and W 14,11,4 true." NoW this is 111 very
fair sample of the arguments adduced by Williams
so-called friend.. "It is not tnie he entrapped people
into breaking the law." Does the writer forget —and
be was in con.t at the time—the case of the Anstey
Arms! 111 that CaAo Williams himself swots he asked
a young MIMI in to play bagatelle, 1041,111,14 the usual
thing, and they playeil fir to.' pints. It Was "Wily
the fact that the hoer was lamed in through a trap
door, and that the landlord could not have known
what was going that a conviction was escaped.
T., talk andoir tior trying to entrap 1.4.P1e aftet. that
shows either dense ignorance or a wilfulperVeflOoo .
truth.

01.1 Mr. Whitworth loa:. not replied to the letter
recently rent him by the Town Clerk on behalf .1 the
Council. lie probably agree,. with the French axiom,
g_oei irreur, inertia", and therefore hold,, hie peace.
However the object .1 the Council wan attained at the
meeting -to show to the public that in the wow&
(the then) Hr. Lowe there wae "a lying opirit abrmwt."
This bring so, and Mr. Whitworth having
"'miaowed hie gruel "—pleaee (menet. elang, it would
be undignified to take any further notice of the old
gentleman's unintentional Meek

As, I should imagine, WAS very generally anticie
pated, except perhaps by a sanguine few who thought
Mr. Waring had forgotten how he had net played,
and with the venal mann., the game 4 Confidence,
that gentleman has intimatisd that he declines to aom
test the Easterndivision. Dome. It id stated that he
has written to the effect that his reason for doing so
it -it would he "unkind to Mr. Guest" did he oppose
him. How far this is true I 111111 unable to say.
Things are so hole-and-eornered about here that there
is the greatest difficulty in getting at actual facts.
Flowerer, my readers may take it as certain that Mr.
Waring doesn't see his way clear to accept the
honour !

An equally inilkoutabl-ii.assi- acx,rding to the
friends of Mr, lliontagoe Guest, Ml'., is that the
gentleman will "start whatever conlisiitors he may
have v. meet at the post. The Radical Party in
Poole are not without hopes that he limy y. 4 lie pre-
vailed upon to resign, awl t make way for Mr.
Waring. lam told int gnowl authority the sooner they
disabuse themselves of the idea the better.

Then the Radicals say "If Mr. Waring won't come
we have got a regular ripper (I ant using the
words of a well known member of the Amami*,
tion); one who can talk—fin the old days it used to
be spend) —to any amount. Who is he? I ark. "Ah !
that's another thing," is all the information I get.
Well, with the greatest nwpect for toy author, I must
eandully admit I have about as much faith in the ,
personalty of this tut-named Demosthenes as I have
in that of a certain .4.1 gentleman who is popularly
au qsseil to rule over a place, the CIiMMV 1.1. which
leaves the Soudan quite in the shade.
What valid objection there is to Mr. Montague
I ;W.A. I 3111 at a loss to ColleriVP. The only reason
have as yet urged is that on two otsaisions he voted
against the is enuflent upon the Egyptian question.
NOW, if any .sie will tell me that he or she
honestly believes that the brutal massacres carried on
in the East can he justified either by humanity,
Christianity, or 1111 l mn.sense, I will recommend
them to Mr. C. H. HOW,, the editor of Mop< r's
Holuh,q, (Or 011 e of " The E 11l ill ent's Awatsbi for
Merit." Mind you. I don't guarantee they get it for
"Ally" doesn't care to have dealings with candidates
for Colney Hatch. _

Rut, joking apart, the real objection to Mr.
Montague Guest is, I firmly believe, that he beans
"the Canford brand." There are men who avail
themselves of every opportunity they can to revile
Lord Winitionie, while at the very satiw time they
are indebted to him for their daily bread ; and
bemuse Mr. Guest is Lord Wimhorrie's brother,
they, under the flimsy pretext oif his two votes
against the I:osernment. oms,se him in every ohalte
and form. Personally, I know nothing of the lord of
the manor, but from what I have gleaned bytes public
anti...um, I aunconvinced that not only has he done good
to the town, butt that he would do a great deal more
were he not badgered by Tit! contents.

The Clft•ervativevi hm=e•-a candidate in Mr. Bond
whion Ith .idr, respect, and if /Or. Bond and Mr.
Gueot are the only two " otarteni " we obeli, in all pro.
liability, one • race remitting in a finioh am exciting SA
that when Pretender and Pero Gomez ran for the
Derby. Which will lw which, not being certain, I
won't attempt to prophecy 7
THURMIIAT.

Lord Windairue's offer to te...t,TWlTwill
br found &bat' in another eol . Of twurse it
will be thankfully accepted, and if the Council care
anything for the ink:m.4 of the place they will mav
that what can be made one ,if the greatest attraction.i
it ever dreamt of is properly carried out.