The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-12-17 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

MA3101.111111 IXTITEI KB. OLAMTOVI.
Political excitement in Manchester on Friday ran
very high owing to the annoaccemeut that the lA.&
Executive have determined. at a general council to-•••
in, nolo to Wylie Mr. Gladstone, by requlaition,
to stand for Nlancheater, in the place of Sir
Thomas Baxley, who has determined to resign hocanae
of his advanced age. In Conserved,' circles it is not
thou.fht that Mr. Gladatnae aoc-pt the Invitation;
but the lAberals assert they will nominate him,
whether he consents or not. The requisition is being
vigorously canvassed the .ughout the Liberal ranks,
and it will. In all probability, be prenatal in tbo
nuns of the next few days

LIVELY ELECTION MEETING AT BRISTOL

A Bassani of the Home Role party wail held at the
Colston-ball on Friday afternoon. neve ern an exceed•
1y2.1z large attendance. A gang of roughs swing Moe
e I. their hats took up • position in front of the
orchestra des alt., seven o'clock, and frcuotkelly yelkid
for " Mr. Gnat," the cheering bring led by a Tigers, who,
being awned •wal be her excitement. rent MY bonnet in
pieces, and conducted herself in • most outrageous
ander. About kalf-east sena o'clock an ettmck
mad* upon • non in the body 4 the hall. end tAe person
smelled, alter being struck sere. the head with • 'tick,
soddenly drew a revolver, and firwi fdr or Ilve shot, in
rapid socceesion. The firing of the weapon produced the
greatest peek, and • tern nomter rapidly left the hall.
Tim um, after discharging the pistol, turned to make his
but era. 7 immediately *rind, end, amidst the =i-it-, ems thru.t out of the hell. Shortly
aftff.lllAll the gang of roughs rotund. and one member
alibi psith, advancing to front of the platform, tore open
his jacket. net. sad shirt, and named • dumfound
!perk on kis rigEt breast. This he declared had been
caused by • shot from the revolver. Loud bowling from
the rowing followed the announcement, and the name
having been joined by another female the two women
dewed and Mound and the din di. well nigh deafening.
• myth standing neer struck the most dernonetratin of
the women, and this led to a tremendous fight which
lastrad for mean minute., end In the mune of which one
of the onothetanta took off hie wed belt aid used its iron
buckles with terrible elf .ct. Red cards were torn up and
stamped upon, and the Agar., whose bonnet by this time
had been reduced to the raintieet proportion, armed her-
self with • short thick stick, with which she dealt mound
blows with the utmost impartiality on friends mod foe&
The remarks of the chairmen and the first two speakers
were almost inaudible. Those on the platfmrn organised
I body of hislusen, who desoendiag to the floor of the room
seconded eller souse hard fighting in expelling the com-
paratively small knot of roan who had up to this pant
been the sole mum el the riotous proseedinn
It wog • quartenput eight o'clock when Mr. Henn
Matthews, the chairman of the meeting, acoompthied by
Mr. O'Connor Nem, M.P., &onward on the platform,
while the vest crowd eras still In • highly excited state,
and the two women already referred to dre parading up
and down the front of the crowd, shouting, 'articulating,
making un of the vilest Language towards those is the
orchestra. The one who had eemred • short thick
“ shillelagh" cleared a space wherever ad went, and oho
wee apparently accompanied by two or three nom who
champlosed her cause if anyone attempted to interfere.
At times she tripped or fell through excitement and drink,
but the was Oic.k.d ov main, and for mime time the chal-
lenged ell comm. At length the so weakened herself by
yellios at her imaginary foes that she became physically
exhausted through sheer excitement ithe nearly fell
several times, and at length being in great danger of
yawns h.s.atb the lost of the crowd, she ern seized by
her fried. sad bodily cerriol out. At the same time
there wee • rod on the part of those she Ind been small.
log so viciously with her tongue, and the and her friends ,
✓an a great risk of being toampled upon; but at length '
they amend to get km oat, and with tier went the I
niaJority of the disturbers. The fete lift behind were
sunequenly turned out, and after 90 minutes to nine
o'clock the &dance because cam entirely orderlr.
Dunne the earlier portal the proc..dings • bead it eb•
beck of the orchestra was at intervals playing • selection
of moil,, in strange commit to the tomultoone proceed.
Ingo in the body of the hell.

DEPLAT or it& IVOR nrisr.
Ann Set ruch entliusiann ar ha s never been exceeded in
Br.tol. the High Shen/I declare 3 the result at the poll, ea
follow. :
Fry

Liberal inajority
Quickly reekoniug up the difference, • shout went u of
' majontr. an in .-hoer itich a. u heard on oocauiona
m rout public excitement, when the surcharged k.Jing. of
a multitude find vent in one epontaneous outburst
Agnes wen repeated oVer and over Mfolo from mouth to
mouth amidst the wiliest excitement At the Royal
Hotel. where Sir Ivor Guest wee staying. a large Dumber
of gentlemen assembled to hear the result of the=
Happily. the sereires of the mumbles were not
into requisition. Shortly after II o'clock the remit of the
poll was =Doomed to those is waiting, and the Conserve.
Lives, though they had made up their minds that the
contest had you. against them,_were compktely
by the immense majority in Mr. Fry's favour. and we,
quits overwhelmed by the severity of their defeat