The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-06-06 00:00:00

NS SUNDAY CLOSING MOTSMENT AND

THE COUNTY MSMBINI.

Mr. Abel Attwooll, hoc. miciretary of the committee,
~get, each of the oonnty member, so follow. :
.•gfr,—As secretary to the committee appointed at
e let. meeting In order to get a sund.y Cluing Bit
fr Per hurt adoptal by Palltruent, I write to imit if
re, in omiunction with the othsr o tinty member..
will lot ,mince and talcs charge of the proposed Bill
(cony cocci '1) ccl secure the earliest date f t the
present .-s.ion. It is expected that the Bill will
receive 80 or 90 er cent. of signatures in fee
Of mune yen know our I.sular pond in here."
The Bill was to enact that .11 premi.es in the Island
of pertlani, in which lotoxicating liqu irs are sold or
.speed for gale by retail shall be °heel during the
Whole of Sunday, except as t tee provhdons of the
I,i,ing Act on behalf of lodgers at hotels and
bore Me travellers.
Colonel Digby wrote
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"Ron.. of Commons, lot May. 1883.
"Sir,—l bee to acknowledge the reoelpt of your
letter of the Igth inst., and. in answer, to say that I
am ant in favour of local option, the princip'e of which
waa reported adversely to a few years ag., by a scent
column.* which wee appointed to enquire Into the
temoarence question. The beais of the Bill, a c ,ny of
which you have been so sood as to tourer me, being
founded on that principle. I regret to say that I am
ther•fore obliged to decline acceding to your request
to take charge of the same in the House of Commons.
—I beg to remain, sir, yours faithfull
" EDWARDy, DIGIT.
"Mr. Abel Attwooll, Etbelstoo House, Port-
ly, I."

Mr. Portman replied :
" House of Commons. May Ist.
"Sir —I think it would be quite useless to at,empt
to introduce such a Bill SA you propoe at this period
of the esseioo. besides whi, it I an not personally in
favour of to a/ Sunday cloelog of puhlichouses, though
I have no ohjection to some modificati in of the present
law.—Yours faithfully,
" W. H. B. Poansaa."
Mr. Floyer &Toed thus:—
Ii us, •1 Commons, \lay lnt, 1882.
near Sir,—Tners is one bill before the House
timi'ar to the one whiuh you are unhurt oh .tild be
intr sinc•.l foe Portia 4 It applies to the c .uoty of
Cornwall. It was brought in, I beli-ve, at the
beginninr of the semi in, end it n ite staods for Is.
sero,d readier no the list June. I appiehead tit .1
there i no chance whatever of its being passed this
year. You may judge from Hue whether it would
armor any good normals, attempting Ii bring in •
Sunday Cloning Bill for Portland. now that we are
arrived at the month of May. Tale is with regard
o ily to the period of tbe j but looking at tbe
nurtion more generally, I e•no..t thing th nt there is
the 'sage pr ibandlity of 11l House dealing with it ae
y..gyeria 1., era porticos of Krishna at different
times,. The beat chants, of success In this direction I.
t convince the .ov. cement and the House of Com.
mons that It I. tbe general wish .1 the people that the
sale of Intoxicating liquo,s should be euspended, either
wh .117 or with ..fly the ex,mption of a house or two
nff the, premises on ~11 days. If such can be kimwo
to be the &wire of 'be maj oity of the people, I h...
on doubt that their wish would prevail. But I am
thoroughly eivls6ed that an attempt of this kind with.
out the aporneal of the Government would be useless.
—I am. I.ithlu /7 yours,
" JOHN FluTlli."