The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-07-07 00:00:00

POOLE

Tug Rev. J. Macfarlaje --ga.;77‘n interesting lecture on
Martin Luther in the National sch,x4.rootu, on Tuesday
evening.
Orraosamm —Mr. Wareham, of ilighistreet, makes Sir Ivor's
petitition spud( for itself in this way : " I was Mini in sin and
brought forth in iniquity ; serve 'eta right ; I am hung, drawn,
and quartered. my Judgment hi Just." The petition is literally
hanging In shreds. •
ELUSION AGILNTS AND UM SI.COND PETITION. —Mr.
NVitt has replied to Mr. ISRiis letter on the proceedings of
Sir Ivor Guest s agent's respecting the second petition as
follows
The relative attainments of Mr. Ellis mid myself in the
knowledge of the Inc and prance id Election Petitions, must
lc a matter of oonsuramate indifference to your general readers.
It is a branch of the law, In which I have no desire to shine,
and in which, fudging from the two recent Poole Petitions, one
coming Irons iiiebelaus, and the other lentil • petrician, I
prognoetiade no e%trannlinary brilliancy on the part of Mr.
Ellis.

I alhero to aJI that I wrote in my letter of the 23rd Instant,
latlli I illment (nen • great deal of what Mr Ellis writs, about
the duly of the "(Bettis," a• he stylon too specially appointed
Master and hie clerk ; but, I more putieularly dispute his
ground, l that the fling of the petition on Friday was not
complete until the g 1,030 was deposited on Tuaiday. Inasmuch
en thrge days after filing (excluding • liundal) uni alioneeni fur
the deposit ; Lid that he tin to tio erudite& with any act of
ingitwoos in writing to Mr. Ashley on Monday, itiforining him
of the petition, alter we had disooverod it for ourselvm ; and
Sni, that his object In titbit( for the names of lir Ashkg's
ailicitort was to scold troubling him with personal service, In-
asmuch SI a personal service an. evidently the trouble from
winch Mr. Ellis wished to save himself, and not to save Mr.

flowerer, Sir. I foci I have occupied too much space with
these differences of opinion, arising Mr. Ellie nays, from oily not
being "familiar srith the practice of petitions," especially as
there Is another mat more important part of ths case. Ile
make, a chanie wallet me that my letter was an attempt to
damage Sir her Oumt in public opinion. I repuiliate the
char,fe. If my letter had any etch tendency, I ant any 1,4 it ;
Lot I,dl.tt tonaiiiersd the way In which Mr. Ashley
Os, being treated, was ungenerous and unfair tr. ems may
volwrtecr to take the respinibility upon himself, but Sir Ivor
(Mort it none the lees responsible, alai he ought not to have
placed himself eo implicltly In the trawls of others.
Aartuning, ea his Tory friends hat advisel hi,., " that a tulis
number of voters were ,11. qualified owing to their having
receive' parochial relief," dii it never occur to Sir Iror's own
mind, that half the number may hare voted for himself, as
Indeed tvro-thinhi of this class of voters did for the Conservative
sitting member at Petersheld
. . .

Then, again. if Sir Ivor fairly renal for success on a scrutiny
of those voters, why sboukl he stoop to but his siviature 1., •
peUtit, gratuitously and emphatically 4(l'h Ur. Ashley
and ha, agents uith briber", treating, In **due
Inguence, I.creonation, corrupt meatless, and ail mu*
electoral sins that amid be invented, but which have no
conceivable HOIIIMMJII whatsoever with parochial relief, or the
Petersfleki case /
mi., indeed, was an attempt to damage Mr. Ashley and his
agents and the borough of Poole, In ;Kibbe opinien, with •
vengeance, and I repel the attack. and moreoeer.l deehe
uphold Mr. Fdlies casuistry when hc, fore.egh „ee1..0 that
all this wan done after • careful investigation, and several
omaultations with Mr fligard and Mr. Ifanisim
Kr. gifisare 514.1.04. UAL the lietarallei.l decielon
OuLlse, is vowel, fr tbsse Is no *MAI i and a ithout the onen lilt Injure him I tau only 'assume that his Wrier, that
fUr Icon (MtuA. should withdraw from the further prueeemion
of the petition, Is tantamount to saying that Sir Ivor could
not support any other of its HUM:THUS and that he
eheal e,4 loototiusly expose himself to • recriminatory case
lob., en t on on the part of Mr. Ashley.
Sir, the Ibin at &Ivies of Mr. Cilfard are like U.,andeine of the pool Samaritan of oil, poured upon ott
toe
wounds of a certain man who went down front Jerusalem to
Jericho. Sir Ivor hu been singularly unforkusate In hie
nu...mad journey to IL Stephen's, and Yr. Olgerd has
moral himself to be the true neighbour, for It Is he tlokt
showed mercy on hint,

I sincerely trust, after a continuance of firs ealsnadat Months
war, we shall settle down and enjoy the blessings of peace,
and that all acrineminus feelings will subside. Our laniserva-
tiro letters will no doubt. Ike the Vrench Republic, h inset
their Strenoh to renewer some by their loot paliCallons, and
the Liberals will as certainly, II .c the sturdier Germans, strive
to rettin what is now their own ; but alth nigh the political
sivonls cannot yet be bade* Into plough-shares, still let thea
at least be sheathel until they are wanted krtio, ail I in the
meantime, let there be an interchange of friendly forbeiartsci
between the nations.
Peer! Smatoss, July T. -Before Mr. F. T. Rogers, Mr. Kemp-
Welch, Mr. A. Balaton, Mr. H. Hamilton, and Mr. if. D. Kills.
George Pope, of Miami, for riding without reins at Long
lost, on the 14th, ult. Tram fined fa. Od and 03541
PresPrirk Borger% and tiro", So wthrd were sum:wallet by
Mr. John Josalth Norton for absenting themselves from his
employ on Mor..lay last. The Isle were appreutlem, ant
claimed their right to a holiday on Coronation clay, which
falling on a Sunday they desired to "keep up" on Monday.
Mr. Sorton did not limo the charge, and they were
admonished, and ordered to go back to their wort.
Lacy Srott, summoned by Oen Evans, • pupil teacher, at
the British school, for assaulting her and !wiling her hair,
was bound over to keep the 'wawa for Una* months
Gl'.fjf Curartmeg Stokes (o/ petition renown). W." summoned
for using defamatory and *bush*, ltiLruage towards Ids nest-
door neighbour, John Kendall. Kendall stated that repeatedly
for the last two ioooths, and particularly on tho 25th ant tOth
Stokes hal calla I him a thief aol followed Ain into his
house, requesting him to e. rise out and fight, calling him foul
names.—M. Barnes corroborated Kendall's ; and
Gourje Bathes& also proved that while laming down the street
on Saturday evening, board Stokes say "Thee dust want Mr.
Aldridge to give thee another C. 5 to swear falsely against me."
Stokes was balm I over to keep the peace for six months,aisi to
jley the costs, which latter, h iwever, he said he should not
pay, but would go Logan!.

PARIESTONE.
An interesting marriage ceremony WM celebrated at St
Peters Church, by the Vicar. the It iv. V. pup..., on We I.
nealay morning, when Miss Amelia Nada Norton, eldest
daughter of the late George Nortmi, was conducted by
her brother and sisters to the altar, an unitnd to the Rey r.
linag, who has for several Years paat rendered himself ex-
tremely popular by hls minieirations, e injunction with inw
highly esteemed Vicar.