The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-03-20 00:00:00

UNITED KINGDOM ALLIANCE.

Till SUNDAY CLOSING QUSSTION.

One of the laciest meetings ever held in Poole in cou-
lee non with the temp. eon. movement, or indeed with
almost any other subject, took place on Friday night het.
when the Amity ELL was crowded with some 1,300
perioni to hear addreees in rel di= to the temperance
question, Sanday loing being the chief feature of the
programme to which the maskers addr seed themselves.
The Mayor (Mr. R. Aldridis) presided, and he was
supported. among other., by the Hoe Conrad Dillon,
Mr. 'twee, Mr Worse, Mr. J. J. Norton, Rev. IL Evans.
Rev. Mr. Doors, Captain Bustard, Mr. 0. Curti', Kr.
Kate, Mr. J. Keynote, and numerals other friends and
supporters of the tense
IILAYOII. in opening the proceedings, remsrked that
when he was asked to take the chair he at once consented,
because he thought thst Overt scheme and every effort
which had for their object, and which tended to, the
moral and social improvement of the people, demerved the
support of those who remised positions similar to which
he did. H. did not wish to parade himself before them
es • worker in the canes or—to slightly alter the words of
Shakespeare—to emu= • virtue if he had it not. He
welt a mo lerate man, both in eating and drinking and
In his opinions. (Hear, hear.) In his opinion moderation
might be safe but be was bound to confess that total
abstinenes most decidedly must b. so. (Applause.)
And, therefore, he felt him-elf upon that occasion i
cometellat like • sign-poet, which did not go WWI, but '
lo dote I to the pathway of tot 4 almunence as the stair of
the o (Heir. bear, and laughter) Tole movement
rated some lamentable reflections in one's mind. In the
middle agen the Roman 0 elsolic (lourol taught that the
only way to lead • pure and godly life wee to take the
vows and shut meet( up for .sr in • convent or
mona.t ory. And now alt-r all those years, they were
obloged to my alincet the same thing—they were comp. lied
to tell the majority of Englishman that the only hope of
safety for them from the evils of drink ley in total
sthtitence. N., one could deny that • great and powerful
crusade had of late been undertaken against dr nk, and
that • great Limpet., wave was peeing ay. r the
coontty. lie withal ii" Got sped" (Loud Mean.) In
Poole the feeling hat manifested Welt very strongly of
late. The gentlemen who °minded hi municipol chair
before him was • t abeiainer—fcthersi—and so had
been the last half dozen sheriff.. (Hear, hear.) But still,
be was sorry to my there we yet a great deal more to be
done in that direction In Poole, and anyone who went
through the etre tt late at night would acknowledge MG.
There were two prominent gobbets in c inflection with
this question before fbi p Odic, Senday Unita( and Local
Option. Witb regard to Handal, CM•lng, an almost us.
answerable argument wis adduced, that the liquor shop
was on'y Mice', shop open the day after osy-day, which
was very unfair for the other shops. With regard to
L tel Opti in, he thought they had quite smith elections
in Pools, and he did not know that one more would do
them shy good.
Kr. 0 Coatis. who WU received with enplanes, said
this was not a political meeting, although he did not see
how they were to divi is temperance a'tarether from
politics, for what they wished to see was temperance
politic ane—(hear. hear)—so that the people might have
put within their reach the MAAR/ of doing right, and the
prevention o' make it easy Li do that which was
right and difficult to do that which was wrong should be
the aim and oblecl of all legislation. (Hear, hem.) He
propmed the following imolai lon
"That this meeting earnestly cells upon the 0 men.
meat and Peliament an longer to delay with the greatest
and m at urgent question of the day, but at the earliest
moment So pee an effective measure of Loc Option, in
relation to the liquor Yogic, al promised by Mr. Gladstone
on the lath .4 June. 14.99. ond in pursuance of th• r naolu-
lion twice framed by the House of Commons; that the
lox ol p ow we of restraining the issue or renewal of bemire
should he pieced in the ban Is o• the persons most deeplr.
it-roiled and affecte.l. vox , the inhibited, themselves.
The ft, 'v. Mr. DYSON, in secoodini the resolution. said
the opponents of the mesterei referrod to, contended that
the legielature bad no right to let viers with the liberty
of the subject ; but if bad flab, poor meat, or • lulterated
milk were sent into a market did not the legioature at
once sten In mil say nit p. you shan't sell Jur (Hear.
hear.) That being an, sur oty regarding the evil, the
Immense evil mentioned by the sale of intoxicating drinks,
It was only right it should again step in and sty to the
men who trafficked in it "we have put our hand down
aims' this, you must slop." (Applause)
The Hon. CONRAD DILLON (RAIZINIT of the London
School Boor& and, we believe, the son of Viscount Dillon,
who possess, landed estates of over 90,000 acres, etuate
moo, in Ifeland, and an est meted rent roll of about
MON • peer) was then introit= tri to the meeting, and
Rave • knithy sidings. He coosidered this one of the
gresiost qu-stion • asu• htiore jarliamouL Ile ventured
to say it MAN fir MOIR impolite', than the question
whether they Moult give • man a rote, or c in hlida'e
L nation into on o brinicip I ty, or look after their interests
shoo odi Neither would effeci the hundred, of thousands
of Englishmen cc. Ire:totally for their benefit as legi.latiye
interference for the re motion of the temptations which
led to hot intro ranee. (Crests) Ile was not icing to
wipe the question o' moderation versus total abstinence,
but he stool oh +maul declared the driek trails had been
the greatest coarse an I the greeteot drawback to the
yellers sad the prosperity of the country that they amid
Pea.. (4,91111 th Tha deist Wake via not what it
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wed to be. In the time of II Drawl VI. spirits were
unknown; awl in uni their driek bill was gig mi'li ins
only, nit in 11176 it hod risen to 147 million., wride the
p mule' I m bat only increased oneibalf. A few 'debts
ago hewn preesot at a eatherine iif provincial Heron
—who were in fathir of total thatinsoce—hald at the
(liii lb• 11. Toe Lord Mayor. like their chief magistrate,
said he was not a total abstainer. but he considered it
to of the greatest social problems of the der. end they
most do all they cool I to etrike at the root of the @wit Toe
Hey r oIS S. 'main C ithwall,related bow that in'3B be and
snob 'r 6.0a0 is teetotalers. lied nO • ma ola 000014(10
of 7,000 hilt lied baotos teetot tilers, th.iy hod only one
p atom .0, soil he bet very WV to do, nal dories lest
re, And up till now he hod not hot &angle cam of drtrik•
• Iwought he'ore him. (C.o.s.'s.) Hiving referred to
the b n ficial el cti cif the p-ob lidian aots in Sc Use I
en
I It -lon t, she -meeker icor...sae I a hip' that next
Ester Motley. in Poole, wool I be, true temperance day,
tilt.. the Blot Robb in had come to the front, end that they
would 111 oat with their wivie and C iildren an I enjoy
theins.thes like ntti mai being.. It wee no new tiling for
the I iw to step in and regulate the site of things hurtful.
or seen to p hbit th.ir male Toe evil was growing upon
them. sal if ro oethiag were not does to cseck it the
coeutry would sutler still in ire, cod hive to pay a heavier
plinth Utah it bet at precut, ToeY wero mede to
dap n 1 upon math °Orr. and tie -p 'hut'! •aorifies their
own opinna for ths comm in wild. ill knew no better or
ereuelioior pint than to ton. ributa to the bappinese of
othi ro. (II .4r. hear.) Tamarae they ontht Is tho all In
their power to give liberty tot tee who desired to Ile free
too tempts. ion an free from the corm°. driuk. Warn
that shout hi •ci "uphill id, whet a glorious chorus of
nj 'icing would rise up from Poole and in &It eincerity be
Immured t.e tugs wee art t•r Meant. (Cueing.)
Kr. .1. J. NORTON. who Wal cordmily greeted, prepaid
the' following regolutioe—
"Thtt. hawing regard to the number awl m4nituds of
os gem, eci m anl p el, cons hotly and
inevitably with tog from Ch., lithos wola ii lotoxicaglth
Squirm. this mooting i• deeply c uvOc ..1 that the iegia-
Mtive if the suppressen ot tho tritlic .s no* I,ofOnia the
atreithwit s orlal prootern of the •,Co., cod 'ha. ,or in. ao:1101,42
It. golly demand. a !mitotic .1 ant elective 1011a$001
of
imp 'rid prohibition, prof L en Uptioo, including • dined
impala wen"
adleosinthimmlf to it he NM he .00k is that this was
• wo.king mine qui Aloe. It wis his privilege to have
Lego • w irking man--u lab our wit i hi. hands -fir come'
$ bing like t n years, &nil during ill it time ho hit to live
eel,el • p OoliClloll4o. from n cessiiy, ir it from choice they
alight lie .unt, but to be near he work. Seery night
when he weat to bed he wss woke out of his firth sleep by
the noloo o the landlord warning out his customer', end..
Mr Calvert we rutty said esti in 4 • oollesnthe to cm them
•ifely h (Laughter.) Oates. cries of murder, and the
most .liet.nsilog amiss disturb NI lass night, and of course
that was bins repsatal now. Pon the last live years he
hod lived away from that sultana 1, and what be wanted
the working men to do was to retolva Li hare the power
to d toa same. They had • perfect right to say
to the L kridaturs, "we will not have iso many (or eons at
all if they 1 keel), publichoases in our midst." And be
would hers the same rule apply to all honer kept open
for the rail of liquors. He wool i not haw. one taw for
the ric.i, and another for tho p or. amen.) It ehould
fie.l a t rwily with the Joublichoowse of the p or man, sill
tba ruidd.e class, but so apply to thews houses which
win ii. tor many CIMPI far worse than the ordinary
1 publichousie—the houses celled the (.I:aiee, of tie rich.
(Ueer. beer.) When this borough was cauvasted some
tee ago up in the q wagon of S inlay 0100,01. the
return" from the houmholders wore 17 to one in Divot+,
of it (Cliwas.) Don't let them cheer. They made s
great m stake If they did. What did they do at the
met leen,. I They returned tha publican 5 candidate.
Th it gent lam salted c 'me d own and worked wits might and
main, and he had maces tied he was worry to say Would
they ag tin return the publican's gindidatis whets the time
cam.? (No. no.) He mythicist tome to put to all condi.
Mite, to too queetioa before the election—' what are you
going to do, are you going to vote for Son-tap Ciente."
and if the eastern rendered it necessary let them withhold
their vu et, and resolve only ti vote for the man who
went with them on the t u.p 'ranee (paragon. (Hear,
hear.) Now let them bt consistent. end say at the next
el. g ion wewill return the men who is in I senor of giving
ui the power to shut up publichouess right end lat.

(Applaues )
Captain Bugratti seconded lb. resolution.
Toe reaolouiens were put and carried unanimously,
amid mach cheering
Mr. Duran, of Manchester, delivered • humorous
address, end contratolsted them upon the splendid meet-
ing he saw b-fore bins. Having pal I a number of coup
elements to Mr. Ddion—" the eon of a poor, ' whou. he
expresaed • hope he should goon use in Perlisment.
Poole, he said, was now in such a condition that whale
ever else they mignt do at an election, they should be
quit. clear upeo this greet nodal queation His friend
Mr. N erten, be supposed c icorcely spare time to go
to the Howse, but sea working-man he would be a very
good eleethee. (C seers.) Ile (the speaks,) came from a
city represented by three members of Peril enthot They
were all business men, and when 'bop wont up to the
Hoeft they vote I right. Foil. voted wrong, and they
had • right to c mplain of it The people were really
'he governing body, aud they would be still more so when
Lb. suffrages wet, xt-nilwl in the c eleitiiy. Referring to
the repeal o! the C on Line, be rood Sou er could not be
allowed to be as free as bread. because it did not
behave itself as well. (L iughter.) Al experience showed
that it hurt them, and self preservation we, the first law
of niture All awe were tad which c enduced to liberty.
end the fullest development of the po evert G 2.1 had given
thous liberty without tut:insists Upon the liberty of others.
That, he oontieuel t. argue. cellist not however, be
, coostrued to comprehend the breeding of fevers, or. as
I they had se in recently in a c vest heard in London. of an
ennfin iue numb--s of ode Now, what did they fond 1
1 That the liquor tralli. Wee injuring there in all directlon&
In round numbers there were 190.01.10 publichouses in
Great Britais and Ireland; in London elone if they were
put side by side, giving no averse* tue•aurement to &wk.
they would exceed 63 miles--66 mile, of alehoholic battery
firing diewn upoo the • cid welfare of ihe C mmiinity.
The liquor tyiffic eras not particularly brotherly. If they
went to the licensed victual-is and mid "Will rot help
is. to put down the grocers r "Witt all our heart." we.
the easy/dr. An 1 the twersellere Mast certainly."
When tuey asked the gr. Crte •13.1 beets " Will you
help us put doe.. the publichims4 r the r-ply was
" Certainly, t'ley us the cures of toe county, keeping the
working
_m do sitting in their h.euses till Omar last p•nny's
Cote. We den't die that. We tell boil-s (or them to thee
h erne to drink with their wives and f Amides. (Much
lauehter.) Alluding toll'. Seeming sy.t-in (li cal option),
he said what toey de.ired to ill was to relieve those
genttemen of the duty who met once a year to
di/charge it, and then all ew •il scarcely n dsy to pass
without punishing. the result of what they had don.
(Reaewed laughter.) When people .lte-d him to whom
h• would Kiva tint p ,wet he must c notes, he west lit.
For himself he sh mid Irk e to give it to the Bishiepe.
(Laughter.) It was • piece of work that would do them
geed. Meer, hear.) He certainly pitied the gentlemmu at
present entrusted with the duty, for it rm. very difficult for
them to indict sders.tsto puniehaent, inasmuch as it wee
practically a red nsion up-in tieir oven judgment. Let
them loin with them in taking Psrlionent to redeem their
promima, end then would come the day when tb,ir trend
old country would be chsrecterisel by more freedom than
It bad at the prerent moment. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. Gm% Mt, of Fil.athamotoo. 101 l 'Wed is a stirring
motet. in the course of rebel he taut what they were
doing in Poole was influencing many other parte of the
country. Tney bat been conducing • nelastou at Lille.
in Sussex, ani the Rim. Lord Sidney G 'dolphin Osborne.
a neighbour of theirs—(cheers)—c erne to one of the
meeting•, and said he bad beard no much about the Minim/
down et Poole. that he hal come to tee what up el
Temper= e Wei, and to see if it wee anything different to
the Church of Zogb.wi Temp wane, Society, with which
he was coon- died. He el terwal da said he was serf glad
to see the with they were doing, and he would do all he
icud to help them, aid the Mews 0 'borne bad since
ben most active at their meetings. Alter the conclusion
of Mr. Glover's speech.
Mr. Inure' asked them present which had signed the
pledge to hold up their hands. Fully three-fourth of the
immense audience responded, and the forest of hands wee
so imposing that those on the platform were enable to
rooms notes of admiration in the shape of Oh !oh I
A vote of thank, to the Custause concluded the pro-
ceeding., and a number of fresh plodges were at terwards
taken.