The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-03-31 00:00:00

DLILNDIORD.
THE HON EDWIV PORTMAN FOR NORTH
DORSET.

An adjourned westing of delegates of the North
Dorset Liberal Association was held at Blaedford on
Tuesday evening Mat, under the presidency of Lord
Wolverton. There was again, se On that day week, •
very full attendance and the roll having b eon called
by the Hon Sec., Mr. Brimmed, the noble Chairman
road • letter front the Hon. Cecil Aehley in reply 5,
the invitation forwarded to hies, in which he, avowing
that the compli•nent was paid not to his own merit.,
hut to the public services of hie father (e passage
which was warmly cheered), whilst expressing his
bias sense of the honour done him, begged to decline
for various private meow.
L rd WoLvirrox pointed to the second string, the
Hon. Rdwia P ,rtmao, and said they would now hear
fry) xi Ms friend, who he wee sure would make an
admirable candidate, an exposition of hie political
opinius s. Mitt log to the reference made by Mr.
Stun t, the earldom id hie aneestors, he esker! his
hearers to remember the service. to Libersileas ren•
dered by the house of Portman, beginning with 1523.
when the present viscount wrested • Toe, seat that
bad been long held.
The H F.DWIf who 1••• • flattering
reception, said be bad seen the programme laid down
at the meeting at Dorchester, and he wee prepared
generally to Bopp prt it. (Cases%) A. to the altera-
tion of the L aid Lows, h e went a little beyond it,
and thon4ht an 'floral .n of the law of Intestacy wag
much to be desired, and that it was not right that the
land should he tied up for three generations. His
thought the allotment syst em • greet snossee, and
having served three years on a Lased COMMillllon. he
hod a one knowledge ,it the lasseurere. Upon the
question of Reform of the Rouse of Lords he th sight
it • very fair proposition that it should
be an elective body, but he thought there
should be life peerages, for distinguished men.
AR to the diseetabliehment ol the Church he ilid not
regard it at prevent as a " burning question." The
y-ista church wee a minorilty of the people. When
that was shown to be the nisi se swords the
Nogliab Church the time would come for taking
It up. On Hie question of Free Trade, he thought
that an ecomplished fact, on which it was idle to wiude
• wort. He was prepared to support the Governmeet,
waiving a few ro'nta, and be was perfectly prepared
to support Mr. Gledatone. (Cheers.)
Loud applause followed Mr. Partmsn's speech, and
attar a pause, Mr. ICsrridge proposed that Mr. Portman
should be accepted am the Liberal candidate.
Mr. Rues( seconded.
After considerable questioning as to his opt:ilea on
various public matters' the proposition was then put
and curried nuanimouely, amidst loud applause, and
three cheers having been given for the chairman, and
three for the caedidate, the meeting separated.

TRH TROOPSHIP TAMAR IN A GALE.
The troopship Tenter arrived lo Plymouth Sound
on Monday, and thus relieved the anxiety which bad
been felt in naval circles es to Fier sefsty. She bad on
board several hundred peseengere, iocluding time.
expired men, invalid., sad naval prisoners from the
Australian stations and other pmts. As she left Gib.
ratter • week ago she should have reached Plymouth
In the ordinary course last Friday, Her nos-arrival
gave rise to fears that she had enoonatered heavy
weather sod had broken down, and during the pest
day or two the dockyard offioials at Davonport have
been inundated with Inquiries respecting her from the
friends and relatkina of thole on board. On her
snivel It was ascertabsed that shortly after leaving
Gibraltar her high pressure pietas rod beguile he .ted.
and in compose°e of this she had to make the rest of
the voyege to Plymouth under easy steam. In
additlos to this she oa Tuesday last encountered •
terrific north-west gee, which continued for two
whole days with each violence that the ship's head
we. constantly buried in the tremendous as that
broke over her. Her bowsprit was carried sway,
and her figurehead- -a very handsome piece of
carving—was swept clean out of Its position and lost.
Amon the passengers in ths Tamar we 62 prisoners
from the Australian statics), most of whom have been
tried by court-martial sad sentenced to various terms
of Imprisonment tor desertion and other offewies.
The women's quarters in the ship being unoccupied,
they were imbrued there during the peerage home.
The discipline of the ship was somewhat relaxed in
their favour, and while at Malts they took advantage
of this' to make the attempted escape which we
reported last week Several bottles of spirits were
smuggled on boa& sot under the Influence of the
lilror several of the men J ;coped °verb aid and
tried to swim ashore, but they were ottight and taken
back to the ship, where they behaved in • most
remarkable m They danced, shouted, and
raved, and were so violent that they bad to be put in
row, their lest being shackled to a strong iron bar.
But this they anweedei In breaking, and they then
used the bar as • battering-ram, with which they
burst the doors of the cells in which the other
prisoners were confirmed They were so violent that
assistance bad to be obtained from the Alexandra.
tgolilp, which was in harbour, and eventually live of
the ringleaders were plaited securely la karts, sod
separately mallard in cell.. Captsia Wiirres hag
reoorameeded that these five men @timid have ninety
days web added to their term of Imprisonment. Toe
sentry under whose °berg, the men were when they
tried to escape ha. been placed under arrest, and will
be triad by oourt-netrtial f r neglireat performance of
duty. EOl/1004/f• from iham Yard went on bowl
the Tamar on Tesiday to make good the defects In
her machinery, and when they are completed the
ship will proceed to Portsmouth to disembark ths
pi...etagere belonglog to that port.

DROWNING OF A LIGHTHOUSE KZEPER.
information vraa zioalvei la Derry on Monflay of
tivitigowaing on &today night of William MaCo,riatio,
Public alagitat.ng WI lighthouses In Lough F. 41...
light in the tower daring Torsi the
_bserj of
ligtithouea on Maeda, al lag shoirili"le..•" '"e
• keeper had ba:ar drowsed.