The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-11-09 00:00:00

REFORM CONFERENCE.

On Friday afternoon a preliminery meeting of gentle.
men favourable to parilimentery reform wee held at he
UuildliallOubliouse, for the pupae of determining bi
prinelplee And future mires (Hellion to be reoonionin
I for Ike Adoption of the reform party unwell,. Apeopt
limey prlnient were Mr, Noelsueli, M,A, Mr, William
Wllll4llll, M.P., MS) MOP), MrL.VoaliShillai
Mr. While, M,P, Mr. lay, m.P., mr. N, motley
Mr, U, T. Monti (Nirming iamb end Mr, Ndwarci
Mloil,
On the motion of Mr. (Mk Ml'., imeendeil by Hr.
White, M.P., Ur, M.V. fur Hull, WWI lOW 10
the shell.,
The Chairmen, in opening the preeeedinge el the day,
aoliiioiiiohod the Involute who 'Wild follow him to be
brief. The mlllOll4l question now to he decided weel
whether the unmet teforinert --or rather the radios
rnilrghfs: 14)Istertithe
I Itstli their ea tetiiiiv;tri
(Hear, hear,) in the event of Lord Derby'. Dill timbres.
log mom elrinsjile of politicalprogreas, he did nut see
how the roiliest party mild Nomee Ito unlese
they were prepared with a larger and more lomprelien.
Mae MIIIINUM. (Hear, hear.) He saw no reason for
uplifting that the WOllOllllllllll were not sincere in
their daiiire fur parliamentary reform the old land.
nierke of party hail been 'wept away, and probably it
woo dlMeult Co determine friend from foe, and ender
sorer of that uncertainty a hill might be got through
which would not attain the greatest perfeetion that
human ingenuity *mid deviant. (Hear, hear,) elven
the reform petty, NO 1111110, were 1101 greed hi the
1111111111., and it Was therefore iteueury to del/mine
what the reilleele should eek and what they shoo d
for, (Hear,) No doubt tusk a worse would
the ranks of the party, but it would have the eflbet of
reetorine the old lendinerks, and then the people
would theineelves be able to determine who were, and
who were not, eminent reformere, (Moira)
Mr, Prise, the secretary to the otinfercntte, rend emm.
inunieetions from the majority of the leading lout re.
formers, giving in their entire adheelon to the .1010.0.1
inurement. One luster WMI from Mr. Maley, the inimil•
date for the repreeentetion of Manohester another
from Mr, George Hadfield, MI, for elhelleld, regret.
Cog that he °Gold not attend, but enelosing FAO towels!'
the expenses, Two or three other correspondent* en.
elmd similar evidenues of their slueerity in the
tease,

At this stage of the proceeding', Mr. Bright,
entered the room, and was received with loud cheers.
He took his seat on the right of the chairman,
Mr. Pries nest read • statement of the Parliamentary
Reform Comniittee, giving a narrative of their proseed.
logs eines November of last year, and stating various
circumptanoes which teitify to the progress of the
prinelplea of reform.
Mr. I. Morley moved the first resolution :—"That
this Conference having reason to believe that the views
laid before the country by the Parliamentary Reform
Committee have been received with great favour, le of
opinion that • bill Intended to meet the wishes of the
great body of earnest reformers throughout the kingdom
Should be prepared for introduction into the House of
Commons in the owning session." He said the whams
of the committee did not go far enough for him, but for
tho sake of unanimity he was ready to atop where the
committee did—that it should be made • thorough
people'. bowie. (Cheers.) There must be oonseenion on
both sides, and if any means Gould be deviaed to make
the 1,000,000 of existing voters 4,003,000, that would
answer the purposes of the party. (Hear, hear.)
Mi. 1). Maalauran, of Edinburgh, seconded the
motion. _ _ _

After some remark' from the Rev. T. W. Barlow,
rector of Little Bowden, Northampton, who handed in
paper on the subject of the meeting by Mr. Edward
A. Freeman, of Trinity College, Oxford,
Mr. P. A. Taylor, the representstive of the Northern
Reform Union, moved an amendment affirming the
principle of manhood auffrep.
Mr. Leighton, of Salford, seconded the amendment,
but after some diecussion, it wee negatived by a large
majority, it being understood that the extent of the
suffrage was to be hereafter determined by the framers
of the bill.