The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-04-17 00:00:00

ADDREBB BY MR. O. H. BOND AT CORFE
CASTLE.

A mesting of the supporters of Mr. G. H. Bond
(the Conservative ea.,clidate f r the borough) was held
at the Natiotal Schoolroom, Ccrfis Castle, on Tuseday
evening lot. An impost " whip " had been freely
circula•ed, the local band bad been engage 1, and a
" geonom fr Lotonon •• was br .ught down t t-ll the
natives what's what, and the rwolt was that the pv.i.h
schoolroom WM well filled. Dr. Humble, the Mayor
of the ancient awl honwirable b oresi le I. and
he warn supported hv Mr G. H. Bond, Mr. J. W. G.
Bond, Rev. C. Ket hies, awl T. W. Naish, Mr.
Busts*" Banked., Mr. Jacks ds, Mr. W. F. Kent, Mr.
Wiitahire, Mr. It. E. Pi .ney, Mr. F. Kent, Mr.
Irvi ~ Mr. N Bon I. Mr. E Smith, Mt. Hobbs, Mr.

.
P. E.. L'o-el Budge (bon. sec.). ecc. oboulot a workiog men be • Conservative Wes containel
The Meru" in opening the meeting, congratulated in the old ocriptur.l saying, " Wome tho treasure is
them upon the large and brilli oat assemblage, end there will the heart be also." line backb .ne of Con•
then read the following letter from Lord Sidon : servatison we, the landed interest of England. and
"Entombs April Oh. there wee their treasure. Referring to the phra.e
.. lei Iced old Tories," he rem listed the notion th.it in
"Dear Dr. Humb's —lam very sorry tbat sheence from
born. prevents ens from sttendint the meet, eit on the 10th 1883 they should be respon.ible for what ba I been done
Since Mr. Gbadmone has contrived to put the egg . a the by tho.• who lived in 17i3; but whetier they hat
Cons/wren.. party In the House"( Commons. It, mainly behaved in such • way as to juatify their being called
by such meetings .4 that which is to be held at Co Is that wicked old Tories or at. he th night it would be ed-
it can be shown how 'trees Is the fe sling in the country mitted one of the grnitestiscts which • nation had ever
wain.; • Government which his not only been False to the
prolsoioni tinder reh,ch It named Ain), hot bai also peened, and which would alone for ever earn the gra-
d-sorted the e .nod traditions that have guided former Minds of mankind. Was the Banancipation ..f the
Governments, weeth, C snaervetive or Lebersl, in p-o- 3,10•••• •• WI!" "PP 'old it? The Grand 011 Men in
miring the welfare end intereets of the nation at large.— tne mouse of C..mm .ne in tale ..f the S-et Open In. he
1 am, )011111.ithfudy. gums." ever male. lie said he melte in hal. alf Id tor operty
The Chairmen proceeded to say that seldom was legally ototainel—properay in human fi-sh and blood
there • time in which they were more interested in was whet he spoke In bh Of of. Bit what did they
the upholding of order and goal government, and fi .d the grand old (ether of this grand oil man
promoting the eauee of loyalty, than the present, and lid? He olvained from the hsri earns I wage.
when it wee to ir duty to An their utmost to comb 4 of the w ohiog mm, through taxation, as
the great evils which resulted from the p vnicious much as £6B 000 compensation for performing • moral
' teaching. of thous demagogue" who were polltiting the Into,. reed liberating his slave.; and, m "wryer, thin
country, and trying to tir op disloyalty. WAldatt, and grant ol I father of a grand odl man sold all his young
clewshatreal, havisg themeless little at stake, either slaves. and made the country c imps cats him for the
In reputation or property, but in aping in the general 01 , sere.' thet wore not worth t twopence. (Laughter.)
confusion 1' gets leeching, and sleep. newly, a. soon During the pied 50 years the Government of the
es o hey diesern danger in the diadems, to sneak off, country had been pearliest!' in the had, of the
and leave their dupe t I pay the lan dties which they liberate, mai they had only 11l in s.ures paes.d. He
themselves .. mu da ni-r • rio fly sirs-reed. (Amiss's,. ) to n quote I testior•nies whica lie coneirimeri favour-
Aft I' referring to recent events in London, he called able to the .V.,•• done by Cons-narrative 0 .v.-rninews,
up .n borne by Li .ersl.. km .nt them that of Mr.
Mr. G. H. Boon, who Was rceivei with cheers. . I. abouchere, " a Radical suffering from political
Honing th ankad them for his recepti .n, he call he hYdroph,doia sad delirium tremena." NI.. Nlscrionshi.
end Isor I Shaftsobury. He a. o ref -or ad to Is ord
was not eurprisel the hoist Flo rt eh gent--, that
Hertington's expression of regret that the Government
honeit Kngliihm.n shou'd ensemble as they had. in '
order to show their dissoprovsl o.f lb conduct of the ' had been unable to carry int. effect the 010na.11161
present (I 'yens:Bent The reception which had been which they had in view when they entere I upon office,
given him he we, not vein enough to think Wad due but %tr. St"h-• did nit ad I his I"rdAiPli cxolncs'incs
to any merits of his ..we, but because they recognised that it we. owing to the time occarpie Iby Irish affair.,
In him standing before them their cholera representative and the obstructive policy of the Opposition. He
to fight the battle of the old Constitution at the next also c .mpered the Instead of tonlay wth tee Ireland
election. (How, hear ) And he was our., by the of Lord Besconsfield's time, forgetful of tee famous
enthusiasm with which they had received him, thy Beth letter. The Arrears Bill he etiginetde I at a
m-ant that when the day oof battle Cams that ' oll.greceful mesenre, an I sail Mr. GI adst one Was
cendidam sh.ould be soon...fah (Applause.) He indirectly respoueibie tor bidh murder, awl outregoe,
thought when they went beck to what we.. the CI tore wan unr metitotion.l, and the House of
professed by the Liberals at the lest election, , 0 ,Milloo4 was going fr sm bad to worse.
they certainly hosed somewhat ridiculous. They • The CHAlllina then iotroduced Mr. Henry
were told they had bad triple, a went of employ. I Farquharso., whom they h aped, at some future time,
plant, and all the other Ills that fie.h is heir to, and it to SOO member for the c lusty.
was all the fault of the Tory Goeernmeat, and the '
liberal party sail only get rid of th o Tory Govern- ' Mr. Fstaibilllitaann said he was gist to see such a
meat and the wildernm shall b'oasom like the rose, meeting. It ..ot only showed that Mr. Bind was
labour shall be in demand, taxes shell ome dropping . popular, but that the goose wee popular. He never
In, an Iwe shell have great eurplowes. Let them ads° , could make out how it we. thst Wareham was Liberal
remember whet their watchwords were peace, lat the lest ',lewd .n. All the tes In of the town
retrenchment, and reform. Now, with regard to peace. I &winded upon the farmers ; dlorie C setts its -II showed
In something like three years they had had two wars, b low 'mous and lasting C.onserve,ive inatitutions were.
and the oonly etoject upon which they omit contests. ' The speaker than devoted himself at length to the
late the Government at the pees. t time was the Treasvad oneetion, which, he call, Wan the origin of
result of tbe succoodul war, He supposed he ought , the war in EDP% as Amid believed they would
to ap ,10gi • fir 11404 the word war, for the Prime do with him the same as they had with the B ere, with-
Minister said we hot been merely enraged in military draw from the couotry. II &dog referred to Mr.
operation. 0 inducts 1 on principles id peace and in the ' Bra 'laugh a. a to sl, for sloing which, he midi, he wet
Inters-to of peace. (Laughter.) He was notquite sure warraoted by scripture, he p.a., Ito M. Guest, •
thee 2 000 poor Egypt' as• wh , were slain at Tel.ele ' very conde.cen thog ant a very great m an, who n.ow I
Katie had ever dalacoageed the difference. With restart 1 reureassit,d Wareham, an I formerly represented an .
to retrenchment, this Government of retrenchment . Irish borough with 126 electors. At Wareham he said
had luorea.ed the cost of the Civil fl rens by 11 he owed all t . the w .ki g 'use. 'Chat wl4 • 'la itu Is,
millions alone leaving out all celcu Mons of military I for who did on' ? But Mr. Gin-st did not always say
end naval expenditure; end at the present time the : that. I. 1878 thee, wa. an e'ection in D snoit, gr.
expenditure for the year feet clotted. Was the highest I Fowler against Mr. Digby. Mr. Gaest appeared at a
that had ever been known in the annals of this country. I market ordinary at Men Hord, and geld there he
Then, Ai to reform. Why the only reforms they meld ; should like to know what businem the farmers had to
boset of were first, that they had deprived the loyal I be represented any more than the tinkers and the
and respectable portion of the community in Ireland tailors. He (Mr. Farquhar" on) did not think Mr.
of onedourth of their property, sod handed It over to Guest would get the votes of either class at the next
the disloyal ; and, woo-Idly, that they had stopped the election. (blew, hear.)
liberty of strewth among the representatives of the It was thee promoted by Mr. R. GILLMni, and
people in Psrlisment. (Rear, bear.) But whet be seconded by Mr. J. 1)111W, and carried—" That this
wanted to bilk to them especially about was one meeting pledges itself to use every legitimate means
remark of Mr. Guest's at the recent meeting at to return Mr. B 'ad for the borough of Wareham at
' Wareham. He there said the working close of this the next election."
coontry were Liberal to the backbone. Now, an In prorawlo o • 'rate ot thanko to the vorions gloater.,
. , eminent gentleman, Mr. Horses Melo., once gave
Mr. Bums eadri there was one thing be should- like to
this advice, "Dot prophecy unless you know." N ow' remind them ..I, mod that was ih A Mr. Guam., lo his
, without laying claim to knowing. he would venture to
speorit at Wereliam the other oisy, opan'y ...n .unc-d
Guest
, say, that when the next election cams. If Sir, himself in fiv nnr of the Extenei h of the Franchis '.
ever gave them the thence, ha would
findthe working
N.ow that could not take pl ace wit hoot the re-lietri-
, clawing of the borough f W •sham were not such
bution of sesta, and diet meant the t doing away from
Liberals as he Macleod. (Carets.) Why should ' Wareham the right to "end their own member to.
they bet Couldthey point out may ogle Act pared
Partament W .ul I they vote dor their own politico .1
p during the Parliament now in Eloseion which &Insetted ~ eulclde 1 The qoertiou they would have to deride at
1 the waiving cies. t (A voice : Not one).
Now, th",.' the next election WWI a very nbein one, stri, looking at
, said a strew showed which way the wind blew, " i that meeting, he had no ri oubt a. to their answer, and
, ass thing howl particularly struck Wm, and that wam that they would retorrs Mr. Bond, who was oppose!
one of the very first Act, Mr. Gladstone did was ti I.' all mach innovation.. (Applause.)
I knock on fint,Ftntat.. tbos "adage of tile work.
-"a w• OWN Isto power they The meeting then separated.
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