The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-03-17 00:00:00

STRIKE OF AGRICULTURAL LABOURIRS IN

DORSKT.

Twenty agrkulturallabo—nre—rs— an new op etrike at
Gompton Abbas and Foothill Magna. They want it is
I said, 15s. or 16s. a week, with proportionate rates for
pine work. The Union leaders oottntensoce this
demand, so that it le not improbable there will be
strikes la other villages in a few weeks.
8H 4 FTIO3dt7RY.
Tel Mayor of Shaftesbury has sent. first instalment
to the Mansion House Famine Relief Fond, amounting
to £l2 10s. £lO 106. of this was a cheque from the
member for Shaftesbury.
FUNISAL.—Ott Wedoesdey the remains of Mr. Moyle
of the Grosvenor Arms Hotel were interred in the
burying ironed adj doing St. James's March. The
genies was reed by the Her. G. L. Harks's', the
rector. A large number of friend' paid their hid tri-
bute of respect to the deoeased by attending the fuaeraL
The hearse was preceded by Mr. F. Rsastt-fiteaford,
fine member for tbe borough, the Mayor, the cuerobcre
of the Town Conceit, the offloers and members of the
Lodge of "Friendship and Sineerity" of free sod
accepted Mason., sod by the Mende of she deceased.
The members of the Vale troop of the Queen's Own
Royal Yeomanry follnwed the mourners. lbs deceased,
who was in his 86h year, leaves a widow and op*
child to lament their lose.

0171 CLIZOTII•S Anatn.—The Court wan coeupied
nearly tare. and • half hours in hearing the umolaint
of the Rev. Thomas Knox Magee Morrow' rector of St.
Peter and Holy Tr4lty, Shelteebury, eitainat Messrs.
George (hive, F. J. Webb, John Oolongs, George ifs cock,
and Walter Osage, for using threatening bursae* to-
warts bun, on recount of which the out ointment preyed
that they might be bound over to keep the pous.—
Mr. Jolliffe, of Crawkoroo, appeared for Mr. Morrow;
Mr. Atkinson of Bleadford appeared for Me..,'.Osborne Hisoc.ok, and W. dente ; Mr. George Gents
oonduotid he own case. Mr. asap is well known as
Lady Westminster's estate agent, and Mr. Webb is •
clerk in the dam of Mr. Swyer. solicitor, Shaftesbury.
The complainant, Rev. T. K. U. Morrow, said: About
ono o'clock on the 30th January I wa• at the tend of the
Commons, near Bell-strut, approuthing Mr. Powell's
shop. Mr. Genge wig standing (in front of Mr. T.
lather's shop, Bo turned round and shouted "Webb,
Webb, there's Morrow—attack him I" aid thu he
ounnunoed to run up In the direction that I was going.
Upon that I wood round the oorner. When I got up
by the savings bank door Webb rushed oat upon me,
shouting "Jl.r, blackguard, slandercr I" I turned to
go home—l was going horns; my house is in Ilimport-
street. Mr. (huge mune up to nearly where I was,
opposite the Ship Inn, and urged Webb to fellow me,
and Webb followed mo to my house, ming most oppro-
brious language. I went into my house bemuse I was
afraid. I hays hardly been well since. (Kr. Gangs:
Well enough to abuse people.) I have not spoken to
Mr. Gongs or Mr. Webb for twitive montita —(11r.
Gang.: Not spit at hirnl)—l never spat at anybody.
—(Mr. Gangs: Webers triteness to prove it.) I have
been sloop in bodily fear.
Mr. Gongs: You hare been before the ounty mewls.
trates for an assault osse7—But I 1111,1 not convisted.
You were hors In an amanltosas on the 23rd January,
1873. when I 'barged you with an ammult? -I was not
oon.loted • I °harmed you with assault.
And neither of us was conviebed 2—But you should
have booa—(l%usbtor.)
Were you not convicted on the 24th March lest of
assaulting a boy ?—I was fined Is. for simply pus
the boy, but I did not tonal, blin—(a langh)--andliZ
boy had Introdno•d whisky Into the church.
Were you not oonvioled In • charge Mr. Hanker
brought &gaunt you ?—I wag simply coked by the Bench
if I would do something. I was bound over, but I
Aped no bond.
You have no against met-4 may want to lirs
at pea... I have no mallets against you.
Don't you spit at ms when I port—You do at me
when I page.
Don't you do so to Mr. Chitty t
Mr. Graves: That has nothing to do with the gene.
Mr. Gangs: Do you not abuse rue from your pulpit.
Complainant : Certainly net,
Did you not say the houses in Shaftesbury wore in •
beastly slit.?—! swear I did not; I stated that there
were house in Shaftesbury not 111 to live in.
Did you not say an iniquitous mu wan in power In
Shaftesbury, and spent money in drink among the
people t—l did not. (At this point there was some ex-
hibition of fettling in the Coon and oonsidorablo noise.)
11-z• O•cfire (to : Did I make use of any
threats towards you on the 30th t—You milled me •
blastguard many • time, and on the 30th yonthrosbenod
nue by Gelling upon Webb to attack me.
That was some three days before the polling day'
had you not been canvassing very strong that morning?
I was not din.saing ; I was not in 81. James's parish.
When you say I shouted at you, did I not say you
ought to be ashamed of 'yourself, going about as a poli-
lisal pante, for the way In which von were slandering
people, and that were it not for your black out you
would be hores-whlppod?—You said nothing of the
kind.

Francis James Webb was then charged with soar
mittlog a similar offense on the same day.
Complainant said Webb called him a liar and a
blackguard, end said that If complainant was not a
ebargrnan be would beat him. Complalaaat had not
s word to 131 m.

Cross-examined by Mr. Atkineon : I never abased
Webb from the pulpit, but I shied that a persist who
wrote a **nein statement to the papers livid is the
Savings' Bank.
tio that if anyone came forward and swore that you
bad abased the defesdant from the pulpit they would
be statiog what was untrue? You ean get people to
say apythlng In Bhaftesbury—(t4,mb ter).
Mr. Atkinson: No wonder after the example you set
them—(laughter).
The third obarge—wbiolt was of • similar eharscler—
wee made veinal Georp Chop, 'Walter Osage, John
Osborne, and George Himpook.
Oroethexantioed by Mr. Gears : You are a °miser.
vative are you not 1-1 am so irsdepoi dent elector of
Shafteablu7, and as such have • righ t to maims if I
shoos*.

--Aro yoe 'Comer-nth* I—Notelymir eort—(bingtiter).
Mr. Joni& : Is this an election Alp abs?
Mr. Graves: I am sorry to say to ere are too many
political persona ; I Mall there were a ot.
The Betels having dedborated, th • shako= mid
The majority of to. Wort ere of sr ?Won toot theft
cases should be Manhood ; bat I say self must my I do
not agree with the majority.
Mr. Gangs If Mr. Morrow will refrain from Me
buciabcg laagnage 110 tit* pad* no one will insult him.
The Marina' I h*P• you will nes more peaceably
together. in ilhaftesbury foe the tISSIN
Mr. Osage : And I should lime Ks. Morrow bites
this will mess from making eft el I atilt loosens la the
Puts&
will preach NO oat if. and iniquity
as leas as I liro ; it is my duty : I jays beta NO ken
to de IC
n• prossetiosi to isiledg