The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1875-01-26 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

DAV., were interred at the Cemetery with oillitntr that the former will be chosen. Ile is strongly honnura He IV, beenn I ina Ihle,e7if Pflnadhoerutttioeue yeantneof ' liked by no large party, but then he is strongly 7.1 w 51° 1 J.% ao'srlomote, as n' ledieal offieer of the Iliplog-Ilope lodge disliked by none. He may be called at judicious of Od-Ifellows, during the last I* neinth!.....tesufteresion or moderate Liberal, or, if yon will, a Whig, Th from tubemmadlarndidii.sefaserwnofA,t,h; 1,:, ;pt LaP'. 1:r". II t AlLidgear early on who would have the support. of the old Liberal ~,„t („rf anmediately, and for oul minutes tried to restore party. As to Mr. Forster, the antagonism of a him by artiticial respiratikm..lmt .without avail. Pe Willi a goodly _Battalion large section of the Dissenters and of the more quarter-MasterSergeant Newman, with the band. They " advantswi" members of the Liberal party will, proceeded to the residence of the deceased in Durngatewe think, be fatal to his possibility of leading idreeyt,..wolr}reetiokery.7ewir..loi;te4 bx seeveral 11,1111121.1111'111,:uf the party. The Liberation Society and the aillieu'L'nle'artty'li, ,i.e,"„". 4.n7,-,Lynum ' umber of thhifellaws, Birmingham Education League have severally each with * sprig of thyme. The procession was formed passed a resolution opposed to any appointment 1 se follows:— to the leadership which will involve the continuance of the policy pursued by the late Government in respect to national education. Though Mr. Forster's name is not mentioned these resolutions, they are really directed against hall. The Liberals, however, are in no hurry to come to a resolution. There will, we hear, shortly be a meeting held at the lieforui Club to take the subject into consideration, but this meeting will not be final, and probably a larger meeting to which the whole of the Liberal members will be invited, will be held either at Willis's Rooms or some other convenient place. We may just allude to the names of Sir William Ilarcourt and Mr. Goschen, because they have been freely talked of, but there are special reasons for each of these gentlemen being passed over.  The [Vest telegram in regard to the condition of Prince Lteirdd is favourable, but it is certain, nevertheless, that he is in an alarming condition. The gales t/f Saturday and Sunday resulted, we regret to say, in two wrecks on the Dorset coast, ono of them involving the lure of four lives. The first occurred on Saturday on Swanage ledge, when a brigantine laden with coals was dashed to pieces, though happily the crew were rescued, and found good friends at Swanage. The second took place on dninlay afternoon, when a vessel embilyed on the west tidp of Portland, was driven upon the Chesil Beach, and, desiiite gallant efforts, four of the crew of fourteen met a watery grave, in the presence of thou/Awls of sympathising spectators, yet helpless against the terrible sea. An important iaquiry is being held before the IVeymouth magistratea, touching the death of Elizabeth Cox, a young WOWa4? wk.° had been an inmate of the Weymouth Union, but urea allowed to go out on a visit to her friends. On the following morning the body of the poor girl was found drowned. She had been seen in the company of alum named Hunter the previous night, circutratanctA cast suspicion upon him, and he was arrested. The theory of the prosecution seems to be, that after Hunter and the girl bad been at several public-heurts, drinking till they as,. scarcely able to walk, they quarrelled, that Hunter knocked her down, that he ,dragged her by the heels some distance into the bay and cast her forth to drown, uhieh she did, and that he then placed her bmitost on she Pierstep. to avert suspicion, and lead to the conclusion that she had committed suicide. Of /course we .dnaU offer no comment on the evidence adduced in Foipport of this theory ; but, if it be maintained, a more foul and unnatural murder was never committed. The annual meeting of the' Winfrith Farmers' Club took place last Thursday, greas ikturest being given to the proceedings by the announcement of the judges awards of the prises fur Prot (mops. These prizes are keenly contested, far beyond their intrinsic value; but a good root crop being, as )Jr. Chapman Saunders said, "the foundation of good farming," whether they win or mot the competitor/. Lat,i, their reward. We may note also that the Lord of the Manor, Mr. Weld, cordially eapatiated nun the valve of the Club in improving the agriculture of the district.  WM carried on with great vigour till about 6 o'clock when the hand played "God save the Queen ' and shortly atterwards the visitors departed. Great praise and credit are to Hr. Mairray (House Steward( and Mrs. We:hams (Gs*) for the sdiniralile manner in which the erratummeats were made aud carried out, everything being under their superintendence.