The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1886-04-27 00:00:00

H )11,E NOTES.

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with • unenimoua re...lotion tes.sed .t the former I Asvonniso to a contemporary, two well•known
meeting of creditors he attioided Rel Hill, Surrey,
Poole Liberale, formerly lessen friend., are now at
on April nth, and woo present at the propood sale
of the freehold estate known a. Crowliiiret lend Farm logger head. NiPPIII a leAtler of wsme £lOO. It is a
and Millwood, situated at ',inched, Surrey. About matter .1 not the slightest interest to the politic, and
30 people were present. The bret lad was C 2,000, awl I should not have tiotexel it here were it not that my
eventually £2,fro. No further bid being made the contemporary has gime out of its way to real a
auctioneer offered, on behalf of the vendors, £2,301, and lecture to one of them for giving liin version .4 the
declared the property not sold. Stilesequent to the matter to hi. friend.. These who
.know the two will
sale the highest bidder privately, he believed, made probably agree with me that in lifellg to, he exhibited
kc. Tiiia a .egevooa care for hia own selfciefence
an offer el C 3,000, to include all timber,
was not then steepled. It was stated that freehold _ .....
lar.d in the neighbourhood had, during the last four Tug NSW LISICII il, Cul' is, I hear, progreasong
years, depreciated in value quite 27, iscr one, The well. There are to be two billiard tables, rkittlea,
first mortgage was for £l,OOO the second ono, and
the third £IO. Then two latter Silliel would probably and other games ; and in ruiditism. In spite of the
be for the accumulation .f interest, hut he had is.. proteste Of OW e% trortir ter', ita! 11. n". th.' Ille'lliberA will
opportunity of inspecting the deeds. .tt the sane . „ . . .
be enabled to obtain if they wish it a glass' .4 sherry
is. who do not allow their
tone and risme four other properties were offered for lor lottcr. In the eyes "I t
nab., but no aid. were effeeted, mr, monk w. well . opinions to carry them to theonteide border of bigotry
known in the neighbourhood, and at sae time was , this will be no detemmt to their support. A club of
reputed to have kept • sited .4 40 horse,, and was . this kind has long been needed; the only regret is
alleged te have inherited oomoo. The trusisws ni that it Partake* of • Party character.
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the mortgage !settlement (poet nuptial) were MeIOSS.
Shaddock and Einlaismi, and he assumed Mr, 1 _
I'r is stated that the Duke of hltelhorongh is about
Shaddock was, if out the safer pere,n, in ..,,,n, way to be married to Mrs. Sartori% an American lady, of
connected with the Mr. Shadock, the alleged wirier
great personal, and pocketful, attraction.. That
with Mr. Morrie when on the Stock Exchange, but in
,1:70‘,000. for the famous " Amadei " Raphael will conic, respect to this he could get nothing definite from the
representatives of the vendor. solicitors.. in nanny.
air. Downte exeleined (het a letter had just been
received to the effect that the farm had been sold fur ' Tux result, in the Mee of the female prisoner, of the
13,03 t so that actually the. estate had been dispoeel Pimlico mystery, and as such I suppose' it will ever
of. The original statement p.tiared by Mr. Milrrili . tie known, when the public became acquainted with
showed the unsecured liabilities to be £L531.1 it .sn Saturday evening, created considerable satidec.
10s. fid. ; also a surplus from Inefrreolia. then. The summing up of the Judge, and his 'severe
creditor, .4 PM Mr. Morris's uncle was a remarks upon the palpable attempts of the Rev. G.
creditor for 13100, but, being deprived of hie security, Drion to save himself at any ellireeW coincide with
would consequently rank as an unsecured creditor, the general sentiment. The rev—if he still is one—
The total unsecured liabilities now appeared gentleman has returned to his father'. house at
to be 0,232. The assets were—book debta, £110; p..4e. He naturally ehows traces of the ordeal
household furniture, £12.) ; other property, IMO; through which he has parried, but he is by no means
surplus from securities in the hands of creditors fully beadnl in meeting the popular gaze. If. has di..
secured, £750. When, hewever, had been deducted, carded his clergyman's garb, having, as the papers
certain charges for rents, kc., there was about Is. in have announced, "resigned" his office, and now
the C. presents the appearance of an ordinary young labour.
Mr. flytras, solicit", on behalf of Mr. Mreria, said me man in his Sunday clothes'. His portraita in
that at the present time the estate allowed 4.5. in the "ate Illustrated."(give • very poor noten of him.
C lITOM without taking mit the amts.( the bankruptc64. By them he is represented as • fine,
,gooddooking,
Mee , were large, and would pronahly mine to 91. • eoung fellow; whereas he is small, short, and by no
Mr. Morris was prepared to guarantee 3.., in the Cat n'eans very attractive. In fact, as he paraded up and
once. There wee not the slightest chance of the creditors down the platform of the station on Tuesday after
getting £A,OOO from Mr. Shaddock. Mr. NI orris's noon, the wonder generally expressed was " What
brother calculated he would be £4,000 out of pocket, she wild have seen in him,"
because the assets would not readies value up to that, --
it being a forced sale. The Doily Trlerrenith of Tuesday says Mrs. Bartlett
Mr. Downix differed with Mr. Hymn in respect to ,
the asset.. For instance, the furniture was worth nes received seventeen offers of marriage since her
quite £lOO. idea.. Considering she was only released on &cur.
Mr. HOnom said that considering Mr. Morris had day evening, and that the Trliqrepit "gee. to pre's"
an income at £270 • year, the offer of Is. was at two in the morning, her suitor. bet no time, and
insufficient. (Hear, hear.) the yotng man of that veracious paper proved pretty
Mr. Doworr advised the creditors not to accept the smart in getting hold of the particulars. The some
offer. He believed if the estate were worked out the mean of information. it may he remembered, also
creditors would get is. M. in the P, not taking into inrormed the public that reenawn (fond .4 the aim
account the We income. He ghoulsl have thought her, you see) barriatura had offered to ...duet die
Mr. Morrie would have offered 10.. in the Pat the least defence .4 Mr. Drum for nothing. Se, much for
Mr. Wrens: I do not think our .der will be TeleyropArse I A writer in the Pell Mall say.:
repeated. Mr. blorria's brother guarantees the The strong differences of opinion which were
amount named, but he will not offer any more. expressed in the comments mein the Pimlico
Mr. MILLIIMI said the amount pin down in poiaoning Case will now disappear. Hidden away in
respect to the hones was a totally inadequate sod small type in the morningeters appears the timely
The value of the plate alone was worth as much as letter of the foreman of the jury, which will lift off in
was put down for the whole of thetbings in the house. every wellhalanced min the horrihle stigma of
Mr. Brims: The debtor oomidered that the furni• suspicion from the poor :remorse who haa Ruffs-red w.
Cure belonged to Mr. Halle. many agonies during the mist four months. "Eleven
Mr. ifILLIDUS : There is a first-clam stock of plate, ef our number," he says, ' were in favour .4. verdict
linen, and furniture belonging to the debtor. of 'not guilty,' and a rider was added to the effect
Mr. HMOS/ considered the debtor's offer both that, considering his date .4 health, he administered
paltry and unfair, as Mr. Morris would enjoy an the elibwoforo to himself either with a view „1
Income of CVO • year; whilst with mina to Om obtaining sleep or committing suicide. But the
pest nuptial settlement he heard the amount was twelfth men would only consent be a verdict in the
£lO,OOO. It was not right Mr. Morris should be form in which it was given, and the. .sher jurymen
"whit. waded "in this way for him to live on the rave way." While everyone will be grateful to the
income his wife would thus bare. It would be some, foreman for unveiling the accrete of the jury box, it
thing like £lOO • year. Not a farthing lee than 1. would merely have been a kinder and more merciful
ought to be accepted. If they made this arrange. cosine to have made the explanation to the judge
meat Mr. Morris would get off the odium of rather than aomewhat tardily in the unofficial
bankruptcy and everything else. The pest nuptial colemns .4 a nmespaper.
settlement eught to be inquired into. Why should
Mr. Morns have made such a settlement as that had Tbe fact that eleven jurymen were in faimir of an
he not been looking to "a day like this."
Another creditor stated he had heard on good absolute acquittal of Mr.. Bartlett, while the stubborn
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authority the settlement Was £lO,OOO. nee of one alone mussed the serious reflection contained
Mr. DOWDEN considered the creditors ought to in the verdict to be cast upon juriee, rise to the query
know more in respect to the post nuptial settlement. whether it is not time that some alteration should be
Mr. Limo said that when Mr. and Mrs. Morris made in the law whereby the verdict of the majority
left Weymouth they took valtatlethings—pneumably —say two-thirds, could be taken. In such serious
such as china—with them, There was an injunction cases as the one just come to an end the number of
given to one of the porters as the railway station that the jury might be doubled. It would have been

monstrous if the trial had had to have been gone
through again because one man thought he knew
better than eleven others. Upon this aubject the Puff
Mon remark. : -
"The seventeen offers of marmite which Mrs.
Adelaide Bartlett is raid to have received during the
lame week, including ime from • clergyman, merely
illustrate and support the argument of Buckle that
human action. are an much subject ti uniform law an
the courses of the stars. Such offers if marriapr,
always including one from a chrgyman. are the
invariable fortune of ladies who are accused of poison.
ing their husband. or lovers. The Ler
seventeen haa probably been increased tenfold by this
i time, if we are to judge by the recorded experience of
I Madeleine Smith, the heroine of the great Scotch
, poisoning case in 1858. The young lady accepted
one of her numerous suitors (the clergyman, we
' believe), and lives to this day a prosperous gentle.
woman in the immediate neighbourhood of Bedford-
, square. Let us hope that Mrs Bartlett may ire re-
compensed by a happy union for her past miseries.
She has the matrimonial advantage, of some thoitaands
of pounds end • most bewitching pair of eyes. She is
I also an attentive and experienced nick none., whirs
experiences of the dangers of using chloroform •ire
Isufficiently painful to deter her from practising with
that drug upon • wooed husband."

"An Aireved Parishioner "fax. I should imagine,
a very substantial reason for calling himself such.
He says :—" Last Thursday, a beautiful warm day -
' the first spring-day, as it as. called, was chosen lie
the authorities to empty the drain in front f ?tic
premised, and above all other hours, at eleven o'clock
in the morning. The Weiss operawli was to blink up
the drain, and the to send the liquid, which was
dipped out, tinting down the gutter to the N.,' •ink
the stench was beastly. The drains at the best of
times do not suggest otto of macs. Ti thi. is she
, process to be observed during the summer months, I
shad certainly tv if another and • higher nolowity
than the Council csnnot interb re. Imagine the
annoyance 4 the noi.anee ! Anil 'chat an advertise.
meat for the town for people jo.t rifling into it to
carry away wi.h them. Why cannot these things he
done at night ?"—Certsinly the matter requires
csmaideration, and now stdention has been called to it
in print, steps will probably be taken to obviate such
a state of things in the future.
SALIBBITRY.

PIIIMINTATIC7ITO COLMILL HT mixrr.—lt to intended
Anvil? to preaent to Colonel Everett a handsome
ebony And orneiln mounted English chiming clock.
The chimea .4th. clock are known se the Weatminster,
and also ?t the hen chime striking upon a highly.toned
gong. The following inacription ia engraved upon an
ormolu plate fixed to the clock :—" Presented to
Colonel Everett on his retirement, by the officers,
nomcomniimionect often, and men of the lat
Battalion Wilts Rifle Volunteers, as • alight token of
their esteem and of their appreciation of the metrical
rendered by him whilst in command of the battalion
for :10 pare.