The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-12-03 00:00:00

Zonterottobire.

YEOVlL—Cortcry l'obtre, Tues.lay.—Tiefore 0.
Harbin, Eat., anti Captain Measlier, %humus RentNl,
a navvy living at Ilardington, was brought up on a
warrant charged with having committed a violent
assault upon Emily his wife, on the 24th
instant, whereby she considered herself in danger of
her life. The wife, a vixenish looking woman, on
being sworn, sat that last Sunday night at 10
o'clock, she was in bed when herfiusliand came home
and he requested her to get up and rabbis hack with
some liniment. This elm ref-need to do, but said if lie
came to bed she [would do so, whereupon he
. struck her • violent blow in the face, and she was
soon all over blood; indeed, she was afraid of her
,tile being taken. Prisoner Feld be only tapped her
, on the face jokingly, when she threw a cup at him
which cut his face. She was too ucar her mother
.1 for them to be comfortable. bile would never get
his breakfast ready for him before ha went to work
at 7 in the mon:ing. The Magistrates said it was
her duty to do so, and kindly advised them to live
peaceably together, I ling prisoner over in the
suni of £lO to keep the peace for six months.
USTON.—Mn. lila/NOR iiIiNTINCK, Ml'., ON
Patirv.—The constables of the borough of Taunton
give au annual banquet; to Ude the borough members
are invited. aud this year Mr. Mills and Mr. Bentinck
attended In the course of the speech which Mr. Ben-
tinck contributed towards time entertainment, he treated
of the subject of party. If, he said, the public are
lukewarm on reform, Ile could not resiht the inference,
that from the utter break down ipf democratic Minim.
tins and mob rule in America, or some sufficient cause,
the opinion was now prevalent that politicians in this
race for power had outrun public opinion, and that the
Conservative party were no linger looked upon as
povrer•seeking, retrograde partisans, but the true friinde
of sound rational progress, civil and religious liberty.
Ile hoped two consequences would follow. First, that
those who by capacity and experience were fitted to lead

parties would le•rn that even in polities honesty wan
sometimes the be,t v"y—that they would think less
4.( popii:a•lty, lllla re a piiHvii.i.-1.,-, of catching a
few votes, and mere of Setting their country ; eeconalV,
lie trusted that moderate lei n of an
parties would
more coraially tog. tier. Ike Iteeiites were now au ex-
tinct race. The W nig.; were beeteuitig more and re
wit
scarce (lie was pony for it. for he had a grelt respect for
many Whig.), and the great majority of the House of
Cm eeeee oils we nem made up er old Conservatives, and
wind a friend of his, now high in office, atyled young
4:unary:divan Let them net toA, tie r, and they woutit
~,,ey all bil,,re them. Wile, lie knew scores of nieti,
lsdli in WWI Out of the Howie of Connin,llS. call'a
Liberals, whose opinions differed in nd respect from hi.
OWn• "We IMO e her the Maneheat. r achool niol Mr.
Bright," say they ; " Between oun(elves reform mnl the
, ballot are iill stuff ;" " Tim franchise is vim low
[ enough ;" and " The Church ii a iii st usefin institu-
tion, and .111.,n1,1 be Km/ported ;" ana th. ti " You know
Lied Palmerston he swill aII heiservalive." The ,e were
very agreeable sentiments for hill (Mr. Bentilick) to
bear ; but it unfortunately liapm•iied that, whenever it
came to the vote, the moil:rate Libcrid gentlemen were
, invariably found on the anti-Conservative side, giving iiie
their excuse that they must go with their party. Well,
lie hoped their prejudice woula soon he forgotten, and
to see Com:natives of all shades walk arm in arm to
the poll, and form as strimg a party as they did in 1842
mid 1843, for without • strong party there could be no
good GOVererliellt. Mit it might be said lie had not
supported Lord Palmerston in the 11ollee of t' .
In answer to that lie would appeal to his lion. cellvaetV's
as well as to the lliVi•ioll listA, tO show that be voted
with the Government whenever heconacieutiouslyeetnil.
BitISTOL.—AMEHICA AFFAIRS IX 'ittlSTOl.—The
outrage upon the Itritidi lirg haa naturally excitad
Aron; feeling in Bristol am mg the Americans as well
SS our own countrymen. There are at present eight or
ten American ships in the port, two of them from
1
Chart, Stott ; unit the latter, IliVlll4 Piloted the t7von•
feeler:de 11.1 g, have become obeintious to the crews of Om
other skips, representitets Federal opinions. A. collision
is feared. The Federalists threaten to pull down the
Confederate deg ; but we hope it is no more than •
threat, as any such proceuding would he immediately
Mopped by the local autleirmes. The position of the
skipping interest of A inertca is Stlffie:etlttr .11•CoUrSg:IIA
without the mhlition of a quarrel in hriti,li waters
among those immediately concerned. Since the horns
Mg of the Harvey Bitch by the Nashville privateer, it
is almost impossible to get a freight for American
bottoms. This need not surprise those who are
acquainted with the fact of other privateers being on
the look-out for prizes sailing front England. We ,
know that, in two nerth-eastern ports, erveral An* are
, fitting out fen this purpose, and %etching eagerly and
. anxiously for employment. It is not likely, however,
, that many American vciwels sail! lose their present safe
, quarter., in English harbours, even if the freights were
remunerative, by venturing to tun a home voyage.
' Few of them Estee been able to clear their expenses
1 since the war begun, and the high rate now charged for
' war risks wade the trade ruinous to the Auiericlui
1 owner. Another difficulty will arise, perhaps, with
s English ships trading to America, if the right of search
I is to be insisted upon in the offensive manner Una:rated
• by the Trent strainer. We see, by the mail lies a
p received, that a steamer from Greenock, laden with
war material, lois been seized by the Federal (love,
mesa. This will probably deter English nierchatits
(nen similar undertakings. At ell events, great cars
and caution are required ,of both British and American
shipowners at the pres:nt juncture of affairs.—Briatol
.11urniny News.