The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-06-30 00:00:00

BEBE B.ISGIS.

CMOIR TREAT.-On Thursday last the church choir,
school teachers, and .11113 friends, numbering altogether
about 50, through the kind liberality of the Rev. F. Warm,
enjoyed an excursion to Lulworth where a most pleasant
day was spent. The weather warn delightfully line. The
small but interesting watering place was mched about 11
o'clock, when the party dispersed, some taking a dip in
the briny ocean, others clitubling up the togged cliffs
which ahound all along the coast, while a third group was
busily engaged with the telescope watching the channel
fleet as it lay in the Roads (the Devastation being among
the number), or the large number of vessels passing up
and down the channel. At one o'clock a cold dinner was
provided and much enjoyed by all During the afternoon
the party rambled sling the coast to the interesting part
called ' Dunlle Door and haring seen all that was
partible, returned by the same route to the Cove, where
an hour was most pleasurably vent. "To tea" wag now
the order, a command obeyed to the letter, as the sea and
long walk had made all hungry. After tea a couple of
hours were spent on the water live boats being engaged
and all well filled. The Rey. Hr. Glides kindlym offered
his yacht but the wind, which blew strongly frothe
land, would not permit of a voyage. Evening being far
advanced all were busily preparing for home which was
reached about 10 o'clock. Three cheers were given before
leaving for the Rey. F. Warre, Mrs. Warm, and family,
d all agreed that it was one of the pleasantest days of
life.
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POOLE.
INTOXICATING lAQVO/L4 BILL.-The Hon. Evelyn Ashley,
P.. voted on Monday night with the minority against
second reading of this Bill.
A NOY Mixstax is to be erected at Lychett Heath, in
e county of Dorset, for the Right lion. Lonl Eustace
;eir
Cecil, M.P., from the designs of Mr. David Brandon.
The tender of Messrs. Simpson and Son, of Baker-street,
Portman-square, has been accepted at £9.780.
Ma. Gorr's BIBLE Clasx.-OnTueaday upwards of forty
of the young men connected with Mr. John (Mrs Bible
class had their annual outing. On this occasion they
visited Southampton, leaving Poole by the 7.5 ELM. train.
During the day the young men visited the Hartley
llint places
oof'clocinktembyL Mr.
Dwax.kiip,rnayinledotheatr
twelve
ard, High-street After dinner two volumes of bound '
_ capitalti tutet dinner the
music were presented to Mr. Henry Hayman for kindly 1
presiding at the han»onium at the Bible class entertain- 1
. silents. Mr. H. Hayman suitably acknowledged the pre.
sentation, and expressed his readiness to assist on any
future occasion. In the afternoon the young men again
visited different places in the town and returned to Ward's
it five o'clock, where an excellent tea WY ready for them.
The party left Southampton by the 7.50 p.ni. train. and
errived home shortly before ten o'clock, well pleased with
their day's excursion-
nudism), Aldermaii Rogers, and Mr H. Hamilton lex•llayort
nosocou Puma, Tuesday.- Before the Mayor (Hr. J. S.
Susan Mickley, a frailty, of Mill-lane, Poole, was bneight
Up in custody charged with stealing from Benjamin LetC.l, ni
lipringbounie, Hants, • leather purse containing El Inc or
thereabouts, while In the house of William Sudden, Mill-lane,
Indulging In • Monday spree, knew nothing• d the matter, and
nit Monday afternoon -Prosecutor, who appeared to have been
remembered nothing. He wasn't certain how much money he
had. All he knew was that he was with the woman at the
house. How, where, or when the money was lost, he couldn't
my. Ile was not sober when in Court, and the Bemis ills-
mimed the case, tor mint of evidence.
Bonouon Perry SIUNIONL-This day (Thursday): Before
the Mayor (Mr. J. S. Hudson), Alderman Rogers, Messrs.
11. Hamilton and A. Balaton.
John Ireodrore, of Longfleet, was upon the information
f Mr. George Frederick Knight, of Longfieet, sunnnoned
or cruelty to a donkey. Complainant said on MondaY
last
he sent a lad to Mr. Blanchard's for some lime; and
n the return the donkey had five cute which the hoe
said defendant had done. The animal warn bleeding and
Could eat nothing the day after.- Joseph Dam said he
wentlaf ter the Brae, and the donkey wouldn't to in; when
defendant took up a stone and struck the animal in the
mouth rutting the fiesh each time. He didn't get the
lime, and went away because defendant continued to ,
strike the donkey. -Defendant asked witness what he said 1
to him. -Witness: lie told me togs to the other kilns.-
Defendant : It's false; you struck the donkey over the
heath with the reins, and he ran into a heap of stones and
fell down. -P.C. Bridle said Mr. Knight ailed him In and ;
he saw some sharp cuts across the nose about an Inch long, j
cut deep enough for the blood to mix-Defendant denied 1
the cruelty, alleging that the donkey fell upon the stones.
'
He called a witnes, named David Osborne who said the
,
donkey wasso stubborn and unmanageable that it ran
among the heap of stones and f 111 : the boy went away '
with the animal and kept beating it. The &Ace was so ,
unmanageable that it knocked defendant down. '
(Woodrow exhibited his broken shin). The stones were

sharp enough to cut anything.—(Complainant recalled said
the donkey MU a eery quiet one). If defendant had
struck the donkey witness uiust have seen it.—The Bench
dismissed the case.

POOLE NOTES.

AirstorsoAr.
The Sheriff of Poole (Mr. it. T. Aylao) on Tuesday
received a copy of the petition which had been filed on
the previous Friday by Sir Ivor Guest, at the Rule Office
of the Court of Common Pleas. The petition contains 11l
allegations, which is exactly the number contained jointly
in the two previous petitions—the first petition having
seven, and the second nine allegations. The present one
prays for an inquiry into every conceivable charge, as its
perusal will show. So far as we can learn, the Liberals
have every confidence the petition will fall to the ground.
The petition of Sir Ivor B. Guest, Bark, claiming the
seat fur himself. alleged to the lion. E. Ashley, by his
agents, or agent, and by other persons on his behalf was
guilty before, during, end after the election of 2fith May,
of bribery, treating, intimidation and mule° influence,
personation, corrupt practices, and
That the sail Honorable Anthony Evelyn Melbourne
Ashley, the respoutlent, personally engaged at the said
election, as canvassers or agents for the management of
the said election. divers permins, knowing that they had
within seven years previous to such engagement
respectively been found guilty of corrupt practices by com-
petent legal tribunals, or had been reported guilty of
corrupt practics by the report of a judge on an election
petition under the statntes in force in that behalf, where-
by the said election and return of the said respondent were
and are wholly null and void.
That many persons Voted at the said Election, and were
reekoned upon the Poll of the said Honourable Anthony
Evelyn Melbourne Ashley who were guilty of Bribery,
Treating, Undue Influence,or Corrupt Practices, and who
were by Bribery, Treating, Undue Influence, or Commt
Practices induced to and did Vote thereat for the said
Honourable Anthony Evelyn Melbourne Ashley, and the
Votes of all such persons are Null and Void, and aught to
be struck off the Poll :
That at the said Election many Persons who were
Registered as Voters for the said Borough were admitted
b. Vote, and did Vote at the sail Election for the said
Honourable Anthony Evelyn Melbourne Ashley, who were
and had been disiputlifiel by legal incapacity to Vote, and
others who were prohibited from Voting by virtue of
divers statutes, in force at the time of such Election, and
others who were prohibited from Voting by the common
law of Parliament. and the Votes of all such persons were
Null and Void, and ought now to be struck off the Poll;
That many Persons N'oted for the said Honourable
Anthony Evelyn Melbourne Ashley at such Election who
were disqualified to Vote at such Election bv reason of
their holding or having hell disqualifying employment or
baying been retained, hired or employed for all or some of
the purposes of such Election for reward, by or on behalf
of the mid Honourable Anthony Evelyn Melbourne
Ashley at the mail Election, ILI Agents, Canvassers, Clem he,
Messengers, or other like employment ; and such Votes
were admitted and entered as good Votes for the said
Hoeourable Antlony Evelredelbourne Ashley, and ought
now to be struck off the ;

flit many l'erw,n, Voted ;it such Election for the said
Honourable Anthony Evelyn Melbourne Ashley, who
were not legally qualified or entitled to vote, lint who
personated and voted for other persons duly entitled to
vote at such election, whose names appeared upon the
register of voters, and who did not vote at such election,
and such votes ought now to be struck off the polL
That many Persons Voted at the said Election for the
said Honourable Anthony Evelyn Melbourne Ashley who
had become disqualified to vote, and were incapable of
voting at the said Election on the griund of their having
directly and indirectly received parochial or other alms or
relief, and by the receipt of parochial or other alms or
relief by their wives or other members of their families,
and that such votes ought now to be struck off the poll.
That certain Persons Voted at the said Election for the
said Honourable Anthony Evelyn Melbourne Ashley, who
were not duly qualified to be on the Register of Voters for
Use said Borough, or who were on the Register, but not
entitled to Vote at the said Election, and such Votes ought
now to be struck off the Poll.
That divers Persons Voted at the said Election for the
said Honourable Anthony Evelyn Melbourne Ashley, the
Respondent, in more than one district of the said Borough,
and gays more than one Vote for the sail Respondent,
and that the Votes of such persons ought to be struck off
the Poll.
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That the said Honourable Anthony Evelyn Melbourne
Ashley obtained an apparent and colourable Majority over
your Petitioner, whereas in truth and in fart your
Petitioner had a Majority of Legal Votes of the Electors
of the said Borough, W4O voted at the said Election and
who were at the time thereof duly qualified bylaw to Vote,
and was duly Elected as a Member to serve in Parliament
for the said Borough of the Town and County of Poole, and
ought to have been returned as such Member.
Wherefore your Petitioner prays that it may be deter.
mined that the said Honourable Anthony Evelyn
Melbourne Ashley was not duly elected or returned, awl
that his Election awl Return were wholly Null and Void,
and that your Petitioner had u Majority of legal Votes
over the said Honourable Anthony Evelyn Melbourne
Ashley, and was duly elected at such Election and ought
to have been returned.

TIII7 MOAT MOILNISG.
By the beard of the Prophet, another Petition ! During
the apOCChifying at the late election some one MO the
Conservatives were determined to have the seat for
Poole by "hook or by crook." Sir Ivor Guest appears to
have taken the hint. The petition flied on Friday last
against the return of Mr. Ashley, is the most formidable
document yet lodged in time I ..inmon Pleas, and contains
every coneeivable charge which the running or imagina-
tion of London and Liverpool agents could invent. Sir
Ivor, however, has not had reomrse to Mr. Stark or Mr.
Hunlle, Mr. Renuison or Mr. Young. and has ofiscrilied
his name to the precious rigmarole of indictments against
his opponent. He may therefore be said to have lionle his
mark at last but it was the last chance he had
in the determined game which he has been play-
ing. The petition, however, has been deembil of its
principal feature IT the decision in Banco on the Peters.
field case upon which Sir hoc and his followers mainly
depended for a verdirt. The Judges have held that section
7, cap. *I of Xi and MI Vi'. admits of only one reading—
" That every person whose name is on the register of
voters for the time being in force shall be entitled to
demand and receive a ballot paper and to vote." This is
common sense as well an law. After this decision there
are people sanguine enough to believe—at least to hope—
that further proceedings will fie abandoned. But others
who know the anxiety of Canford to eme its Knight in the
House of Peen% and the influence which Lady Cornelia
exerta in pushing on affairs to that end, discourage the
idea.

" Mortals, like moths, are ever caught by glare,
And Mammon wins Ins way where seraphs might despair."
If this be no, Poole has but one chance—to accept the
situation and Imw submissively to the Golden Calf! And
this is purity of election !
I remember residing of a country player, who had to
enact the part of ghost, asking if he were to how to the
audience. The stage director made answer, "Why, yes.
if you are the ghost of a ;zentleman, certainly." During
the election Sir Ivor elected to play the Ghost and
ultimately he had no other alternative. Is it too much to
hope that, having by all the devices that • Copeman
knows, failed to get himself elected, he will accept the
stage directo.'s instructions and make hit final how to
P.silel If it proceeds h further we shall have neither
ghost nor gentleman. It is nail that a certain nameless
Individual is not se black as be is painted ; but if thia
petition is gone into, and both sides are. to have a IlMg,
Conform! will indeed"cut a pretty figure.
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It is satisfactory to ftn.l, however, Mrs. Stokes, of
immortal memory--the sweet soul of purity and goodness
that she in—ao opportunely hanging her "banner on the
outward wall." exhorting all "Thou shalt not bear (also
witness against thy neighbour." This is painted in white
letters on a lolue ground, and all who wish to see high-
wooded offended innocence revenging itself should pay •
visit to the abode of Sir Ivor s good "old friends" in
Church-street and lay the admonition to heart. Truly
these people preach well—the housetops proclaim their
virtue. We shall see.
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Si Isor basing tgifien upon himself the responsibility of
the It allegations be has made, of course has had some
means of fortifying his position ; but it is very doubtful
if be has taken the tmulde to ascertain the tru.tworthi-
nen of his sources of information. Taken as a whole the
petition is a grata reflection upon the town, and lesa
excusable as having the authority and signature of the
honourable baronet. Sir Ivor has made a charge of
" intimidation and undue influence." Mr. Copeman, Sir
Ivor's agent, last week pail £5 for an aseault with a life
preserver! Sir Ivor charges " personation." Mr. Cope-
man, Sir Ivor'e agent, in alleged cases did not appear to
support them! Sir Ivor talks of paupers voting. Did
any of his agents take poor people front the
' Union in disguise to the polling booth I In fact,
Mil he in any case, with clean hands, " cast
the first stone t* lie has however, by " claiming
the seat" afforded the other side an opportunity of show-
ing tip the dark doings of Copeman and Co. and there is
said to be abundance of evidence forthconang to prove
that the cry of purity of election wax but a sham for
bribery and every political crime that can he devised.
The public may therefore judge what there is in store ;
and Poole waits anxiously to see if the pitch of defilement
is again to be stirred.
On thing probably may arise ont of these petitions which
may be of great advantage and clear the was on
future o.wadons. Recent events have too clearly
demonstrated how easy it is to trump up caiSol
involving persons of life-long unblemished repu-
tations on charges of the vilest character,
merely to gratify the caprice of people who Peek a
" bubble reputation" and honours which the wealth of
Crsesus has failed to secure for them. It may be that
should Sir Ivor proceed with his suit, the Legislature will
he asked to enact that in filing a petition, a petitioner
shall not only be eked for hie allegatione, hut that every
information shall be upon oath with the usual penal con-
sequences attending "a false etatement" Till this is
done, l canvassing is decided to be "undue influence,"
the ballot, in places like Poole, connot work satisfactorily
or surely. At present we are bound by circumstances ;
but experience may yet teach Sir Ivor that there is a
" vaulting ambition that tierleaps itself." Of one thing
he may be certain—his best friends and supporters cry
" shame" at the xtep he has taken.
In looking at the copy of the petition it has been
obeerved that Sir Ivor's signature is omitted. Surely such
an oversight did not occur when the ponderous indictment
was lodged ; but it is too much to nay that such an
omission would he tolerated merely to trifle with the
constituency. Still the petition before us has no signature.
It ii reasonably expected, therefore, that Sir Ivor will
age that "discretion is the better part of valour "—and
withdraw.