The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-01-30 00:00:00

THE DISPUTED ALDERUANIO GOWN.

Our raiders will remember that oo the last fi tit of
November, when the election of aldermen took
place, Mr. Howard objected to the Mayor's return-
ing himself although the Mayor bad the greater
, number of votes, yet, being the returning officer,
Mr. Howard argued he could not retarn himself as
alderman. When Mr. Howard raised this objection'
be au told that it wail all •` barb " and " &rub,"
and 50 to 1 wee offered to be laid that his law nig
bad. Mr. Howard replied to the jeers and golfs
Lurled %aims him that that was neither the place
to make bets nor talk law, but that he eroshi try the
question in another court. Mr. Howard, we have
every reason to believe, did Dot me one jot
for the aldermanie gown, but his prokesional
.pinion as a lawyer was at slake. He
bad stated that he believed that Mr.
.tyleng's elusion was null and void, and was laughed
at fur giving that 'opinion se (rankly, not only by
the non•professional members of the Council, but
also by some of his profeseiimal brethren who were
present. It would sow appear that had those
geotleinen offered an apology, instead or adding
mockery to their oontesdictioas of Mr. Howard's
opinions, which to a prolemiosal man was, to my
the least, • great insult, they would have acted in •
more dignified manner. Mr. Howard, from the
tenets be received, felt himself in justification of his
we professional reputation imperatively bound to
go (onward with the case. He accordingly applied
for • rule nisi, sad on Monday the case o.tne on for
farther bearing in the Court of Qiieen'e Bench,
before the Lord Chief Jeanie, and Jostles* Black-
burn. Mellor, sod Link, and is dies reported :

Tim gown v. AyMng.—la Skis ease • seeditional
ord r lan • quo warn.ftle WS/ obtained, eallii4 on Mr.
Joseph A yling to show by what •etbority he watireised
the oaks of alderman tbe borough of Weymouth.
The elvcton of • mayor and three aldermen took place
In November hist, when the defendant, who was ate of
She 4,a,goins aldermen. and • candidate for re-election.
arm elected mayor. Me therefore OKA the chair and
presided at the election of the aldermen, and in his
(opacity of mayor reottived the vows of the Went eotan•
grillers, sad declared Wessell and two Ohm duly ideeted.
It was admitted that he had • majonty of =airwad
that a. • retiri alderman", be ...sea eligible
The objectioe Mind on in stspeort of the MI. watt that
Mr. Ayling bovine acted as neturnine oMosr, sad keying
returned himself as alderman, hi. elvetion was *eyelid.
In the OW of " Tbe Qiwee v. Owen," it was decided
that the election of • town-conetallor was iovatid,
St. ground that hl/ bad vesided at the election as
mayor. It was, however, submitted that there was
such • diatlection between an election by bargees's and
an eivetiow by • teen etwomil that the ease in iipteatioa
tree set • bindine authority in this ease.

Mr. )(moiety, Q.r.. and Illr.Chonooll oppoired 1 p-
') .14 of UN role ; Via Q.C., and K. Ooopor
ao..tra.

The Court thought that there was so much doubt es
the subjcet that it was roper that the question should
await be raised sad decide/.

Rule absoluta tor a pacandisig oa the nature of •
via 10C/TORSO.

It will thus bs sew Mist Mr. A ybng mast now show
cause sallbsiens to sagely Kw Majesty's Jlll4lOlllll thas be
rightlally rsteina the alesrsasnie gown, or be will
assuredly less It.

PORTLAND.

NEW CRAPE..—Th. Ns. Bible Christian Chapel at
Maiden's Visil was emoted for Divine service on Beads,
weok sat tiontay last. The ripening 11.•TVIENI were
largely stem did, ea was also Eh. tea meeting bald to
eriebrate tits event, the premodify of with& pawed off
meta samdfselawdy.

I xvvrertos BA 1.11..—As invitation ball took piece at
fierireitio it‘iyel Hotel, Piotlatd, on Monday Ind
Then were 63 prnatiat mod tim tables were laid oet with
great ta.te and &harry. Dancing was kept up till woven
u'olnek ow the following morning, the happy pony
mpiratiag jest he the for tint visitors firm Weymouth
to take tbew departure by the trot Unto.

MN loam —A iserrespoiedeat be. tailed our itttention
I. too Weave of the rowl..—i•spenially lb* road loodins
to th• Milroy station. In wet worth*? the mud is
&tweet knee deep, and for ladies le quit* impmeabl..
Our earreepoedest thinks that is easy instances the
✓otes hest trebled within the last three or four years,
better roads ought to he given for th• money. Why
Gould not this road La widened. sad • path mad* for
foot paimmugers..
PIOWLAND Moira —About 1811 &rippler, were at
anchor in the roodst.ed on -Maday Mer, several of wh lob
hod twea detained for Ih• Uhl fortht or throe weeks
oo soshooSed the sovevity of the ber. Tim forest
of assis so viewed mom the Nolte er ee iotorosiao,
walk sat on Temday menial& when the weather
chimed up, t 0... them @Mhos sit round the head of
the breakweer to ammo& es their ravage, r•mindad
one of the mall comehes lee.* BS. Martin's le Orred
an evening in the *idea time.

TR, Low Yousa.—T-• trim& of a young num, so
Aker of or of Her Majesty's vowels of war, have been
in • greet stale el axeltrineut and .16rm for the 1.4
throe weeks I. oassourmasu of evroaddos olosposorsaou
a their scol. It rimers that he laft Porthed on now
yoar's day for tbe ostensible purpose of vietiog his
frireds in Portsmouth, and r ha did sot arrive ai ex-
pected, and having a considerable sum of money In hi.
poste., it was supposed that be had been set upon by
robbers sad loudly murdered. livery inquiry ass oet on
foot, be ma o Limited for in every souk sad mew, when
to Um asteeirmeet of all parHee sad tbo great delight
of his heart-stricken mother, be was foetid Ii the neigh-
bourhood of From., gaits a 5,..., sod is the esjoymeet
of good health.

00010 NATOII3 110111 ED.—Os Saturday • workman at
Lb. Meant deo* satr-milis, wooed Sammers, lam •
alcoved waistcoat orh,ok • short time ago soot him 11a,
through doing what 1.• supposod at the Sac was •• set
of charity ; bat ho had a roc ato deal with. While he
was engaged in hie daily avocation a maa with short
dart hair aid whiskers mom to him in his shirt airways
bask if he ooeld borrow a skip. stying that ha bad
ebtainod • lob of work for Mr. Soriven, and tii•t if lte
.uldhorrow a marmoset to work ia, he would feel ei.
onsdingly thankful and return It as soon as hie day's
labour was over. Summers took eompersion o. the
ns.,o, sad thinking is would he • pity for him to lose the
j..b for want of • ernieot to work in, kioilly lent him
his 'waistcoat liii four o'eltrek, at which time tbs day's
labour should ha 'Dished. Bet four o'oloak ram. and
fir. o'clock, bet tb• borrower did not return. Mr. Striven
Was oboe oppi4il to bat Imo bed at is.. shi mac. much
iris eV!. 11110 a job 01 wait. Further isquirle• we,.
Shea mode for the me, but be was row, perhaps to
p we Um borrowed wsi-tooat for beer or by soros
manasuirre to deprive imam ethic labourer oat of his
hard-sassed gains.