The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-06-10 00:00:00

ebbs anti e WM.
THE PETITION.

My contemporaries are Ivo .derfully clever eifer the
event. They mow declare "from the tint moweut we
were of upitiloa the genie WAS not worth the An lie.
Why di !n't they have the cqur.go to exor.lei their
cooeletione at the time? In opite f ouutko An.' WWI"
I have all•aloug told my real.. . a the poitiou ut
be •11..we4 t fall through. Who has proved in the
right ?

I will gi, • step further, and I will tell my
C poier•ative friend,— in I I on gla I to sae I have
my, as well as Liberals—tot they m'y laugh
at the t ill-talk about oroarcutiona for brioery ly
'arty .te lush.. If there had la.en one ,'ear ca's,
would th. matter have beeu allowed to 'hou! And
on the 'Able b•hd the Liberal. may c oitent to
treat tbe threat of their Avon mt. of an action Is
" m 'Miaow:lce " sae a mere attempt to play the
'iv iticid" 8 oh •id, ore eery well
There has been • wood deal of throwing of the
hat,het, now, for goodosae • be let it be boiled.

That Mr. Cbstfiel.l CI Air.s, ha.l"
the ele..t.tt t m whi Ii C'LIJ' lIICII ••
geotlemitu, ail wuet admit. 'Whether be has twee
treated as such le quite an titer q.leati..u. Ilere
ie hi. explenstion i I the course be has token in regard
to the pet.ti..n :
'' A. y..tt were goal anon h to take • c
.nterest to, my liihnif In the recent c aiteet •1 Poole.
1 addreee you on this att-cupt to futon on ins the
m in responeibility ol • petiti w.
The fact. (h.'. :—.40111. two year. ..r in .ere ite:c
.64 stoacte,l a. the [Aber 1 caa.lil••• I ass
specifically mike.' at a cueetius held in th• re up, 4
the Liberal Defe..oe Ae•ociation. and before the
p .1 the C .rrtip Practice. Act, wh. then I woul'i
pkdo. in self to petition iu case ci • 11.1 4, and I

:line, that time the matter was in.t viv.d, but at
th- first pubic 'mein g wine the cont st bad cow-
nvireel •I wed w •rol• upon which it I. timid I Ira
bn.j 1.• Ii t.a potiti to ta i
I can I. all 1.• ne•dy •ey al or% i oa' •
petite to be tu.itily lone by in, wan ...wee I, tient
10 my thought., awl I wa. under the then.
•iuce •einoved by •N. thor p-ritual • ft.. C upt Prim.
times A-t,iliat if the Information which I wiebedobtaisied
wine aufhcient, the Pub ic Pewecutor won' I mainly do
the rest ; directly I rocei•-ol • liter intinutit g •to
I w. Vie •Ow inati4o I the i city tlaot I bock
the petition. I went to thin. men—lawit in the ci 0-
fi.l.nce oh the Liheral P rty and vi. -eh in the.*
matters, and re ol .h • lett:, to in.., ant voiced ibeir
lel etc.. Thil noel nooly ad 1 th A if I f eight a
leh c in • my mt., beybig toil.b owe dina ll•
and wit, the p clue Cl ooi .on e.,rly 11i...1utl n, an I in
addition if I viol,. 4 It,, ii SC. • • tett.... it wee
.11 the tumid poe-ahly be *epee:cid ot rue. and
*ono. my intos
onoo•t inon-tiately a del ut aloe cure to twa
with the iiii..rineii• it. which it hv.l been eitege
.uoubll be I tid h.fore th•• he t enit highest Tauter,
I' get wit 'Tint tt UP 'fl.
When the .1. put. lio to t too it was wholly male
a pie.thoi of n.y lob g ie.ponaitle fiir o large
amount. Tee Iry • I had rebel on to the way in
which I had In .01 1, Ui the aurae • I the
boring, my 1111: •le p olifiesi • atn. we. ut aside.
and noth tog lout the neco.ity f my b•ckiaz the
',vibe, wee thought of. I will not refer •o any
dioapiriintelent viol ebscrits, b A will ruitnplete flit
•tory. N ithing we. e.iii at that ivtlrview of ,ny
intent' ii •ft toy part ta,t I, •tai.ol &van. The
inf rinetion Val tail tel re C .10001 awl Adria • we.
float an the o aide. co then it. it Ir.•• tot
...tlicient map! oil • petit' Nleanwhile, how-
ever. without eve waiting t an . pinion. •
ine.t•eg i. celled at Poole, aid •Inti .... Pa-eel
vi•toal y sue It witlitrew front eg tin C.
("orlon the .a.. Aft r the i,oe,riew th-
potation and their number and beiein,, wet lioli•d
th.ou by the nisi In of coupe I, I at once intimat-4
toy resolution toot actin toe al, nt tbe borough. This
I. a plain iinvarni•he I net ration of what has t•kve
place, anh I fail t • yew what other it um lend ho.
n with j make to royerlf, though with Pie fulled
nddecotiono 1. the potty. I wul I fain i-ave the
bin Itch a ill, to. hi ily I. cling if all. I Are to
letain the mute ,brauce of a notice rile I, tits tioituel
ly vny r. thicti in, ou mycnlf, ma.l whatever hepp nv I
woh weld to the 1.1 cowl,"
Thu.. illo kin I soil •_ en. r•u• I It •r. and it. iii lint
I. th. blush Vb..° nh. hare io unm-rcifuhy endea-
voured 1. eully the gebtletuatis nun,