The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-04-20 00:00:00

DZIDPORT.

Summit briaLLIONNCIL —Arrive:a : March 30th—
Courtnian St. potatoes. April 7th—
Stella, .ferletrabel, St. Main potatoes. Bth—
ir I:obert Peel, Long, Portsmouth: potatoes. 9th—
'ride of the Isles, Holten, Sunderland, coals
meth, Burt, Lytne, lime. 10th—Ifelen, Baker, Shields,
March 301h—Vidonia, Dyer, St.
Newfoundland, general; Elizabeth and Ann,
t..W.% Lyme, nil. April 9th—Susan, Courtman,
!ordiff, ballast; La/worth, Burt, Lyme, nil.
Tmt Normal) IRON OHCBCH.—Arrangementa have
vently been satisfactorily made for the erection of •
Free " or "Reformed Episcopal" church, near the
„leilani, in the East-riad. The promoters were
etiolate in obtaining the support, both pecuniary, and
therwise, of several influential inhabitants, and the
tajority, if not all, the seats were applied for. The
omdruction id the building will be however for Borne
line delayed, in consequence of the owner of the site
gnifying his intention not to dispose of it. This will
our some little inconvenience to the promoters, but
is whilied that another suitable spot may be selected,
sil the erection soon proceeded with.
81/1110Clill Pours, Monday. —Before 1. H. FAmunds,
and lir. Hay, married woman,
fas rharged in custody with being drunk and disorderly
South.street. on Sunday night —P.C. Witt deposed
wine his attention directed to prisoner, who was near the
lurch very drunk and creating • mob of boys, to whom
, was swearing loudly, and using indecent language,
refused to move when requested and au abusive to the
stable —Sergeant Gale stated having received various
Miainta concerning the conduct of the woman.—
loner said she was net creating a disturbance and
mid have gone_ on quietly if the constable had
owed her.—Tined Is sad coats, fla ed. distrainment
goods in default or 11 days —Gibbs Premised to procure
he csah.
Corny Pouct. Saturday.—Before W. Hounsell, Esq.,
S. W. Whet ham, Em.
lavr.tr "GARDE( PAATT."--llrs. Mary dim JoAneen,
'fe of the schoolmaster of the lineipole National Schools,
chortled at the instance of Rebecca Barrett. • neigh-
r, wi having used violence and threats towards bar
the previous day.—Mr. C. G. Nantes defended.—From
I "'kn.:4 it appears that on the previous day some
mversation sprung up, concerning the rights of property.
stone wall separates the gardens of the contending
dies, and to decide the right of ownership a the said
an action was brought into the Bridport County
lit a few years since—The verdict of the Court was
Liven in favour of Mr. Johnson who, SUM the
diction, maintained the right to the wall.—Complain-
in the course of her evidence. alleged that the mw
Johnson digging son-s and earth from the wall with
eel, and upon salting her what she wee about,
tut told her to go on or she would out her head in
and :Wang the took cat bee head hi two phiciii—The

mother of co_utplainant corroborated— the statement of her
daughter —Defendiutt, called by Mr. Nantes, stated she
was in her garden at work when complainant came up,
and pushing her, ordered her to be oft Told her the well
WM Mei (complainant's), and that she had no right to
touch it Complainant pushed her to the ground, but she
got up and did the best she could to defend herself. At
this juncture, the mather, brother, and sister of complain-
ant came up; the brother gave complainant a hoe, telling
his sister to cut witness down with Ik—Mr. Nantes denied
the statement made by complainant and argued that
defendant, in ancordance with th:raLuriadiction of the
Court, emoted her right to the . and under the
circumstances, being roughly handled bY comPlainent, the
trowel had been used in self-defence—The magistrates
dismissed the case.

Campanological music threatens to be a thing of the
pest, at least as far as the musical bells of St. Mary's
are oonoerned. That the bells were rung in spite of
the rector's emphatic orders to the contrary, on the
occasion of the new member's election, is beyond a
doubt, and that they were rung in spite of his earnest
wishes is equally certain. But on whom does the
blame rest? The ringers, through the medium of their
captain, have given a consistent denial to the user-
tiotui thrown out, reflecting the whole of the blame
upon them. Are the wardens to blame? At any rate,
the parishioners well know that the sound of the bells
on that occasion must have proved sweet music to
their ears, even if the pariah warden d‘d sot permit
them to be rung, Certain it is that the bells did not
ring when Mr. ftalli was returned to Parliament, and
they should have been silent on the occasion of Mr.
Warton's doubtful triumph.

If the new member could overhear some of the
remarks weed by his old supporters, he probably
wouldn't deem them over complimentary—" Well, had
we but known we were going to gain the victory,
blest if we wouldn't have cot a better man down."
This may be all very well, and undoubtedly true, but
then, in getting their man, they find already that they
have got rid of • better. The fact of the matter is,
that not • Tory in the borough bargained for such an
upshot. They knew Ra well as we did, which warn the
best man for them, so theLstrove hard to send back
Mr. Warton to London not to Parliament) with a
few lees votes than Mr. in order to show the
advance the town had made toward Conservatism.
But they, like Gilpin's horse, over-shot the mark, and
they feel now that it would have been more congruous
ts the circumstance, had the bells, instead of sending
forth • victorious peal (against orders), to have been
able to say—
" Toil out, thou booming bell,
Thy dampest and most solemn knell"

Apropos of the parish church (that venerable
monument of past ages, and altogether a fair specimen
of architecture), loud complaints were once made on
account of the prevailing coldness in the structure,
during the winter months. The fault, to the delight
of church-goers, has been remedied by the Introduction
of a heating apparatus. When the worshippers
rejoice in the comfort afforded by the apparatus, we
confidently hope they will have a pleasing recollection
of the munificence of the ex-member, who contributed
a handsome sum for its provision. Then there's
the National Sch—but what's the use—because Mr.
Rail has done nothing for Bridport (,) and the
new member is going to set him an example (ll

Mr. Warton during the course of the election urged
the voters to support him—" because they were Imre to
have a Conservative Government." That wae •
prophecy. Some one else predicted that the "Tone.
of Bridport were going to be made all fools 'again."
Which prediction was correct?

There appeared ins minaret periodical last week the
astonishing assertion " that no ill-feeling existed in the
borough during the election." Now whoever
expressed himself in such terms must be totally
ignorant of the state of things which existed, and
unfortunately still exists in the town. In one sense,
there was never an election in the borough when
party feeling ran higher._ or when impolitic ebullitions
were more apparent Not content with carrying their
man, suns of the Tories at once set to work fishing
after unfortunate Liberal tradesmen, who, according
to their consciences, voted for Liberalism after the
manner of a large majority of their fellow country-
men. These tradesmen received notice that accounts
must close, and the trade conveyed to the Conservative
tradesmen. (This is not existincill-feeling, of course.)
What is the natural result? Why that the Liberal
customers, learning what was going on, at once
transferred their favours to the Liberal tradesmen,
determined they should not be the sufferers. This
Interesting course of migration is going steadily on,
and will simply result in making both ends meet.
One can well understand that voters who change
colours, to benefit themselves monetarily, should merit
the disgust of their customers; but when a man's
business is to he affected for the horrible crime of vot-
ing according to the dictates of conscience, then such
proceedings must be viewed with the contempt they
I merit.

What on earth could induce the Tories to adopt
such • course, unless they have found out their mistake
and must vent their rage on something or somebody
Surely they have got all they want. They say they
have gained a glorious victory—ousted a man who has
cot done them or their town any good—filled his
place by a banister, • perfect gentleman, who has no
end of money—who is going to convert the town into
a perfect elysium—who has placed 1.3,000 at the
disposal of the poor, &c , &c., &c. Now what do they
want more' Surely they can afford to sit down
quietly, and chuckle over their glorious battle, Instead
of injuring the commercial interests of the town.
--
Not even the faintest hopes are now entertained of
the dinner promised by Mr Patch, and the poor are
fast losing faith in that £l,OOO. But what is still more
curious, the new member is not forthcoming according
to promise. it is stated that no one knows (himself
excepted) where he is, or whither he went. Perhaps
he Is afraid to show himself; he is probably afraid of a
wires reception. The latest is, where is the Mr.
Warton who commanded an income to the tune of
£30,000 a year?

guilty but the wife is equally (nifty. The law is did&
If a person did an illegal act In trying to procure abortion
either by medicine or instruments, and the Put, ("di it
is murder -there is no manalaughter about it. Ii a
woman died it is murder, and he could not himself i.e
why it should not be so in the case of a child killed before
It is whelly born. They could not tell what pared In
that room, but the deceased was there and he was there.
; If they would conscientiously say neither of them was
guilty, he should be only too ead, but the evidence was
; yen, strong against both.
, The room warn cleared, and in a short half-hour the jury
found that the death of deceased was caused by the use of
instruments for the pura of nrocuri•g abortion, and
they found • verdict of " ilful Murder against Robert
Slade Colmer and his wife, Juni Cohner.
Robert Slade Colmar has been arrested in Bristol.
The 6.24 Bristol and Exeter train brought down
Colmer in custody of a sergeant and constable of the
Somerset police. He had been apprehended at his eon's
in St. Philips, Bristol, where he had been staying. He
was received by Supt. Smith and Sergt. Ffolwil4 who
conveyed him, handcuffed, Is • close carriage to the
police-dation, where he was lodged in a cell prepara-
tory to examination before the borough justices. As
Mrs. Colmer has been certified to be unable to be
removed, the first examination will be merely formal,
and there will be • remand. A few persona got scent
' of the capture, and ran beside the carriage to the
station, but his removal was managed very erivately,
and he was in the cell before one person in 500 in
Yeovil knew of his arrival.
On Thursday, at the Police Court, Yeovil, Robert Slade
Colmer was brought before the Mayor (Mr. E. Raymond),
Kr. James Curtis, Mr. John Curtis, and Mr. FL B. Phelps.
Madame Colmar was too Ul to be brought from her house,
In Middle-street. She was examined by • doctor on
Wednesday afternoon, who certitied that she suffered
from an illness which would prevent her from being
removed from her house for some days. Since the arrival
In town of her husband (the male prisoner), Madame
Colmar has improved in health.
The prisoner when brought into the court appeared
quite cool and collected.
Mr. Deputy Chief Constable Bisgood appeared to
prosecute; Mr. Davies, of Sherbonse, appeared for the
prisoners ; and Mr. S. Watts attended to watch the case
on behalf of a parson whose name did not transpire.
Mr. Bisgood sad he would ask that the prisoner be
remanded until Wednesday next, when he hoped the
female prisoner would have suMciently recovered to be
taken from her porn.

Mr. Dviu .d he ent&rely agreed with the application
made by Yr. Biagood ; and, on behalf of the prisoner
Colnter, offered no objection, and the prisoner was
remanded aocordiagly.