The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-01-27 00:00:00

BLIERBORNE.

116 OID 01" B lILLTEI. —At a meeting of tho Board on
Weoursday terms were arranged between th• Water
Corm:Atte and Mr. D;gby. by which the Board la
empowered to erect permanent steam power, and
tenders ate to be invited for carrying out the works.
COUATT BaLL.—This annual ball took place at the
Town-hall on Thursday arming. The hall, whieh bas
undemone repair, was prottl'y decorated, and choloq
plan:. sod Borers fanned part of the adornment.. The
aggep,Lemants were complete in every respect. Targett's
quadrille band from Southampton was in attecdanee,
)tr. Menlo, el She Dishy Hotel, provided the 'upper.

BLANDPORD.
TaarlifOnlAL SO • Floxratun.—Last Wednesday
seeping, at • meeting held at Mr. Chelsea'', wine
mistob,,ot, of ibis town, a puree of 80 guineas sad •
sliver sup were presented to Mir. J Smith, wbo has
lately elven up the poet of Huntsman to the East Dorset
hounds. The olio, value ,Cl 5 was supplied by ileum
Saunders end Jacob, of Dorohester, and bore &suitable
losoriptiose,

ThiM. TICHBORNII TRILL.
On Tneeday Mr. Hswkins remelted partlettlerly
upon the ofroumatange that there wee no true of
Defendant haring in any wu hinted at being the heir
of the Tichboroce till 1865. Re points.' out that in his
lint eocumunioatioes with Glbbes, and, indeed until
ho met Bogle in Sydney, the Defsndant had shown no
accurate knowledge the family. The contradictions In
his and Bogies aecounte of their first meeting were
clearly expoeed. The strange conduct of the Defen-
dant on his arrival hi Bugland, his stralthy visit to
Abesford, hie avoidance of Mrs. Greenwood, hie delay
to golrg to Lsdy Tichborne,were declared to ho utterly
inconsistent with the suppenition of his being the reel
man. The learned mangel concluded for the day with a
humoroue deeeription of the meeting at Paris between
mother and son as related by the Irish witness John
Coyne, whom Dr. Kenealy declined to oross•ezimine.
Mr. Whalley has published a letter which he wrote
to the defeedant's solicitor, Mr. Mandrills, when on his
way home from America. His reason for desiring to
have it published is that he hears that a copy of it hos
found its way into the hands of the H.dicitor of the
Treasury. The most ',mutable fcatu:.s in it are ii s
I speaking of Lula as JAn LORI 4, • statement that he
had discovered no evidence of the deptrture of Osprey
from Bandy Hook, and an indication that Mr. Whailey
himself only regarded Late as a corroborstiv 3 witness.
WIDStSDAT.

The Lord Chief Justice, taking notion if • letter pub-
lished in the Daily News from Mr. Whalley, stating
his cmtinned belief in Lede's story, said the letter was
too contemptible to be treated as contempt of oritut,
and be warned papers publithing twit matters.
The Lord Chief Justice afterwards had his attention
called to Mr. Whalloy's letter to Hendrick, which ass
such gross (contempt that the publisher of the Daily
.Vcus was ordered to make an affidavit stating the
authorship.
Mr. Whalley was ordered to-appear on Friday.
In thecae ma if hisaddrese on WeJne iday Mr. Has has
• tented to the systematio•voidence ol Roger Tiohbornen
relatives which had been praatieed by the defendant.
He contrasted the two deism of witnesses—for the
prosecution and the defence—with respect to th,•IT
knowledge of Roger Tichborne. R (Houle was directed
ry freely at some of the recognitions planned by Mr.
o iildford Onalow. In one instates even stronger terms
er re applied to bin sod Mr. Whalley for their
manipulation of a witness.
Speaking on Thursday of Mrs. Neale, the Melksham
barmaid, who eorrob rated Captain Brown's evidence
about the defective thumb and placed it, like him, on
the wrong hand. Mr. Hawkins) charged the defendant
with having allowed her to go into the withess-box and
!Aqua herself. In Lewis, the draper's apprentice of
Alreeford. he said he had a witness quite se bad. Mr.
ormenireed, the tailor, was treated on the assumption
of his being a bond lido witness, who bad been cleverly
hoedwinked by the defendant and M'Cann, with the
eseletanee of Roger's old clothes. Mr. Haskins ran
over • list of important shimmies whom the defense
bad omitted to call. He wanted to know where wee
Mr. Lipsoombe, the family /octet? Where was Mr.
Guildford Onslow T Where was Frseels Jame\
Balgentf Why had not Sir Talbot Constable appeared
in the boll There had been, said Mr. Hawkins, •
' wicked suggestion on the part et the dehisce, that Sir
Talbot wee kept book by a thriet of uspleamant gees-
hone being pet to hint. He repudiated that as having
entirely originated with the defense. Speaking of the
Cara hinters he showed how they had been hunted up
by M'Cann, arid how the Defendant had played them
off one against the other.
On Friday, Mr. Whalley appeared to answer for the
oontempt he bad committed in his letter respecting
Loki. Mr. Morgan Lloyd, his counsel, said be wad
instructed to otter tie fullest apology, and an affidavit
was put in, stating that Mr. Whalley had only given
the letter for publication to the editor of the Peter.
borough Times, who, on his own authority, had sent
slips to the London papen. The hon. prectlernes pro-
tested that hie sole objmt WU to vindieste himself with
his oonstitneeta After Mr. Loyd's address, which
was frequently interrupted by ejaculations of dissent
on the part of his client, the Court 'enthused Mr.
Whalley to pay a floe ol LIFO, and be imprisoned until
the amount was peld. Immediately afterwards the
penalty of imprisonment was withdrawn "in oonaider-
&don of Mr. Wlialley's position ;" but Mr. Whalley
having declared his intention to decline payment, the
Lord Chief Justice Intimated that the imprisonment
clause would remain In force. After the hon, gentle-
man had been refused leave to make • sapplementrzy
speech, be withdrew In sompany of the hostel, of the
Court. During the day the line was paid for him by
his dater. _ _ .

Mr. Hawkins oontinned his comments on the dotal-
dant's kaowledge of Roger Tichborae's early life and
his auoolates. Stress wu 1.16 upon his having Dais-
taken Captain Sankey for Miller &Inst, on his addres-
sing Colonel Turner. whom Roger Tlobborne did not
knew, with the familiarity of an intimate friend, and
on his alleged volts to Miss Halos, of Canterbury,
which the lady herself had voluntarily come forward to
repudiate. Very strong indignation way expressed at
the oonduot of the defeace in insinuating that Miss
Hales had bun drugged for the purpoee of giving false
evidenort. By way of retort Mr. Hawkins singled out
whiteouts on the other slde who had been chliberately
Wowed to perjure themselvoL The man who had
sworn to seeing Roger TieLlonne at Johnny Broome's
batwecn Jul) and September in 1850, be said, had
eommit'ed perjury, wnich must have bean patent to
any one acquainted with Roger Tiehhorns's life at that
period. Yet this testimony, added Mr. Hurting, had
Lever been withdrawn. He concluded for Hu day with
instances of the defeedant's ignorance about the voyage
of the Pauline.

THIS DAT,

Mr. tbwkine treated Captain Blame G 71441103 M pttre
Invention, and aoonsod defendant of pley to the
retjary. Ho argued that defendant was f 41:y aware
that Late °erne lute the b z to tell a fablcsted gory
and dehberatety pvjore

VIE TAUNTON ILEOTION PETITION.
TAU ' NTON J Mgr. 19.
The sixth day of the inquiry Into the p. ttion alainst
the return of Sir Usury J Mille, the Attoroty-Oeneral.
for the borough of Taunton, :was proceeded with
this morning by Mr. Justice Oroves in the NIA Prins
Court of the Shire Ii.IL The 'art was again crowded.

_
Additional evidence reepa,„ting the supply of drink
previous to the polling was given.
John layman, an umbrclismaker, said I reeollcot
Rawlings cowing to me ad saying that Sir Alfred
Slade had mired Colllhole to support him, and that
CoWhole replied he should not. Ile also told 1110 that
Mir Alfred said to CoWhole, "I bellevo you are a
Catholic and most of the Catholics aro going to support
me." I said to Rawlings, "I believe they are from
what I have hoard," and I added—" I think Mr. James
will have a tough Mt this time"—(laughter). Rawlings
said to me, "Well, it's no odds to you whether it's S r
Alfred or Mr. James. You Lave got a long family, and
$ quid or two—or I won't swear whether he didn't nay
two Of three quids—will be handy to yoo"—(leughtor).
I raid, "I know it would—(renewed laughter); but !oak
here, John, Fm not going to have any prornises-
promises and pleats are made to be brokat"—(ioud
laughter). Rawlings replied, "You shall bare it proper
beforelyou go to poll," and added, "You bays no onnd
to be seen with me any more." I said "Very good," and
with the same he went one way and me the other—
(laughtor). lam • neighbour of Rawlings.
His Lordship t What is a quidl—A sovereign,
His Lordship: I thought it did not apply to tobsoon—
(roars of laughter).
Jane' Beggs, landlord of the Dove Inn, said that on
the polling day at the kit election leaw some mysterious
transactions taking place, and I believe that "sugaring"
was going on—(laughter),
Mr. Justice Grove: What le "sugaring 7..
Mr. Serjeent Ballantine : lion quite as Ignorant as
your lordship.
Witness: It means a coin that represents her
Majesty.
Mr. Juittlee Grove: I ant afraid that ths answer ISIS
unintolligible as the question.
Mr. Berjeant Salentine : Yea, my lord, it is simply
an electioneering phraso—flaughter):
Joseph 'rude, labourer :l was a voter at the last else-
tion and also in 1888. My brother James bed • vole and
I voted for bin. -

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Mr. Rumen : Do you mean that you personated him?
Witness: Hertel'sly—(grea laughter).
Taunton. Jan. 20.
Mr. Russell ennonneed that he had °occluded the
evidence in widish bribery was alleged, but he/ 17 or 18
witnesses to osil upon the questions of agency and
treating. Belden°, was eahesquently given with • view
principally of establishing the newsy of itollinp and
Herbert POPle, who are alleged to have taken the mod
active part in illegal practices at the labs election. Mr.
Justies Grove dated that he had conielted hie brother
election judges In referencia to the demand upon the
Post Office for the production of all the telegrams which
during the eleetios. They oonoumd with him
raTiopinion that the Post-office authorities ouxht to
be left to their own disoreticm, and should not be oda.
polled or Ind need by the Dourt to prodoes any telegrams.
Mr. Rummell thereupon Intimated that he should make
no further application on the subject.
WIDN7IBD &T.
The case if the petitioners having bAng oonoludid,
Mr. &leant Palladino sonunianoed his address for the
defend. He diaposed of Rolling. by repudiating him as
an agent. Sir Henry James, he said, had but one
agent, Mr. Burman, and be was unpaid,
TIII7IIIDAT.
Sir Henry James was xamined be day, and said that
he made it a condition of his 'tending that there should
be no corrupt expenditure and no meeting at public.
Rawlinp was never an agent a his, but aided
for the Laud and Labour League, oontrary to with...'.wish Hu subscuiptlons to various objects in the own
did not szorsd 2200 a year, paid through Burman, and
only one man asked him for money. He had 970
premiers out of a gross enunituency of 18.12, and
doubted of suedes. Rawlings was next examined,
end swore that thedeposit of timber as & security for a
loan of £l6 was • bona fide transaction. He was never
In any way an agent for Mr. James, and never bated
any one.

FRIDAY
Mr. RoUlnas, in ernee-examination, denied haviog
bribed or proposed to bribe treated or prupoeed to
treat, any one during the eleotlon. Mr. &rota, banister,
who bad assisted Sir Henry James its his eenvase ea •
friend, disoweed Rolling+, Stuckey and Turner as
' otner.asir g 'goats. The JuJge lure Intimated that Li
should hold there was no proof of *gentry as reword. the
personal <mama. Mr. Borman., the authorised agent
of Sir Henry James, said be had not expended ale-raring,
nor authorised any r xpenditare beyond that ,bow n In
the accounts rendered.
A TURDAT.
Mr. Serjeant Ballantine replied very briefly fur the
defence. Mr. Russell summed up him evident*.
MONDAY.
nismissAL OF THE PETITION WITH COSTS.
In delivering judgment this morning, Mr. Justice
Grove said nothing had tram Ind to derogate from the
logh character the Attorney General bed always borne.
No general corruption had been proved. He decided
Sir Henry James was duly elected, and condemned the
petitioners in roosts.

THE BOOK OF OOMIEON PRAYER RI.VIBO.
To the Editor.

Rtsubridire Itsevry, Wqsb rne, rot
DEAR S IR, —Will you insert D your paler the rol,
Yours tru,Y.

riA,o(.:Aaa J. Gmy.

To the Preface to the Book of Cvollllols Pra}er it
that from Woo to time it Is but ressonatde o's
should be made In it, yet for two handred yens 1b.,, L..
oromey
mdbearEorebic:rnfluaeeteres:lnfru.bi'rmlarlwist.c°hanito'iThnihm°beewinc°lnh.Tiau::ofteu:arrkce:tl”hietinhlrar:tifM":urli,
yi, ars.
Thu aim and object throtuhout this ',ewe.ha. beett
pnwer re the general charnd ix of the Prayer it sk lire atter.
ations hav, been chiefly mole Piths occadonn 14,rrice., stitch
were in many pees o• voll from Homan *wets of
hales abd wifloh 1 Pne did not permit to be tinroughty yet j.. 4
at the Reformation. The aim has been to cut away the
supports of • lb malting systown aud tie. I Ter ore,. tg
Enziand from • reprosch of hitting In any acute any espec-don
in ky Prayer Ile k of a Popith tendency
Ittiiever the national "hint ii 1. .uch as t can.. fit.
Legislaturu of the country to ore r a ReePed Praytr Ik,
this bot ilow brought sod, wi 1.4 mady oil it I. 1.,•:• .1 by
the bic,ongof t••sl may bare a leniency to MAIM all I ork.s•
people, and may bu • ct•mmon bond • (union.
The price of the Rovi-.d itrayer Bob Ia 3.. ed. and it to be
obtaltntl at the Prayer B IG.C.lioft li clet w, 17, Rork:news.
s• rent, S;rand ; and at & 11. Ewa* ftlAr Co., NoiCnllAtet
January Vatd, 117 I

MR. COX'S ATTACK ON LORD SHATTRiBURf.

To ac Editor.
Tho perusal of Mr. Coen letter bu Lot eke, ;-1 my
opinion that the resolution passed at the Dorchedee
meeting was as oontrary to truth, as it was el. due
aud oonrernetible. I rem:tuber motley years ago:eating
the remuis that peoplo fen &bode thews," wi
the idea they are perenoted for righterotuneu Bake,
wuen they are only berff,tted for their (sulfa. Many
1121.111110e1l Of its oorrectness hive presented thews V
but cone mere %regions than that of Mr. C g,lle
the flattering truttl ~, to his pout (and ,
.datteving one it is) tb-t it is "his !forts on I .j of
the peasantry that have crown aosn 1... the
c.ntempt" of whlt be Is phased to cal "t.e gcit
maj,rity of the Eatat.lishment," sod of my•eif in
particular, sod the i ho =Acts blamed out to be
suNffeoriwn,griimr, I shartyroinnld bthee" ntuteserloyeasthheaMe''dr.of myself If I
felt anything approsehing to contempt for • person
who from pore motives was endeavouring to Improve
tbe condition of the labourers. On this aeooort I fad
respect for Mr. Arch; his spe lies .rc eat,e.
rally obaractorlsod by a moderation abet good tense
whioh ittie him to high ore It. I have not obeerv.d
tic be bas ever made nee of tus popularity to stir up
bad listing—or a want of snbmbialon to the law, or to
aere^rse th e character of Individnee ; but, Sir. I hava
said, and I atll say, that for persons to 00 tre ra o
Dorset order the preset of elevating the cond :ion if
the labourers and then to use the r talents in stand r-
ing their neighbours and in Inducing an excited e-ni
ignorant andieoce to join them in denouncing publicly
• good tuan as • propagator of &amnions o`,aroa
against the working classes, is crout-ary to truth ant
justice, and it naturally subjects nun who fa guilty of
It to the suspicion of having some selfish object M
view. _

•
Mr. Cos does not deny that Lord Shaftesbury Is
entitled to the gratitude of his country for his ezer.
Mons In behalf of the children and °Muir, enitag,rl in
factories; t • only trios to diminish as 'pooh is possible
his credit, by saying that others worked with him, a
thing which no one ever thought of denying.
every difficult and lint ashionable pub do cause must
have a leader. Wilberforee was not alone in toe
emancipation of the slave@ • Lord Shaftesbury was not
alone in ceasing the ten liours Bill, neveitheloss CAI
were the leaders In their respective movements, and
the general verdict of the nation has assigned to 'bra
the poet of honour. Mr. Cox I. pleased to tall this
" runkelam," and he Imputes it to the people of
Zealand generally (except of oonree to his immaculate
Scotch colliers) but if to honour those to whAn honour
Is doe be " Fluukeism," let me be 006 to 606;6. the
reproach. At any rata I would rather be guilty of the
"Plankelem" which honours the great and good, thus
of that " Plunketera" which seeks to make political
capital by flattering the operatives and by holding up
to public odium their truest friends. Your reeders are
referred by Mr. Con to a writer in the Beektre as if he
were an Infallible oriel* of wisdom and troll. That
writer 111110140 of talent, and he has naade a bed use
of his talent in writing • aeries or malignant stuck' is
Lord Shaftesbury In tne Begird, and has ransacked al/
the public life of his lordship f r 40 years in order to
And materials for gratifying his spleen against the
aristocracy. With bins and Mr. Con it seems to be an
unpardonable crime to be a lord. I happen to know
that be is the person who took • loading part in a
meeting in London, the object of which was to express
sympathy with tile Commuhisti of Perim, just after whey
bad shocked the civilised world by their abominable
w tiredness. In a few weeks they inflicted greater
calamities upon their country than It had suffered is
the whole war with Prussia. They OW to burn down
their own beautiful capital with It. maghlfloent wi_res
of art which are the admiration of all Europe, they
massacred in sold blood the Arohbishop and wary
Innocent persons who had fallen into their hands, and
these atrocious erimu were the natural fruits of their
principlee, viz., these, •• No marriage, no property, no
religion, no ohnrch, no God."
I do not think so badly of any class of my fellow.
ocuntrymen as to bcliovo that they will d.liberately
condemn a man who has been a public Fonefactor
simply b00a...3 this (stinging bat not honey makinii
" Beehive" writer Is pleas, d to oondemn him; nor d.,
supper° that Ur. Cox was aware of his extreme opial,na
when he ref..rrod your roautere to his writings as if %any
were gospel, and I would beg Mr. Oor to call to his
at:ontiou that eming of the Word which shell j ie
US all at the last day, " Le that jastifirth the nickoi,
and he that eondonincth the just, Swan they both are
abomination to the Lord."

I 'mopes° that ro who live in egtioilturediiicta
are bound to be vary thankful to those who cow., fr. zu
the north to enlighteu our Switch 14norance ; but
when they tell 1111 that the Ine•e.es of wages has Lot
been stint lod by an tnch.see of drutkaan..as, wo c ot
heti, remembering that the Lacire tat year IDCIO red
by the enormous hem of three mil:lots, to et t.ch we
have no dot/Nth° ctlilare c f Scotland coniribuLcd thAr
fni share.

Finally, when Mr. Oct makes the attov.hcliav .r.
tioL that th rot, as lagoe per centage of drrcheer.as
arnorg the clerry ae mcorg the Guiders, w: eau
say, "Oh, oh, what next r Probsbly wit. that
black ir whas„ ard t. Is last is about FS true as the
imprts=lon wt.loh Mr. Cox to lila letter utast, c..•
viz., that I Love awe! ed his resolutica at Doteheater
because he i.e ecgagei In • a.rk In bv*:. f of the
peasantry. Ilcw abuts of Levi Shaf'•.bary sae
borefit the labourers is past my cowl reherci..n. lbs
next tiro ho comes to Dorset let luta keep to hie
avowcd cbj of, and I permit° him he will meet with
no cpposalun from MO Cr from the otnen•abused
&orgy. Yours faithfully,
BIGLIALES
January 23, 1574.
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