The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-05-30 00:00:00

BRIDPORT LIBERAL ABBOCIATION.

THE GOVERNMENT AND ITS ASSAILANTS.
At the Templar Hall on Tuesday evening an
excellent end instructive lecture on the above subject,
under the auspcss of the Liberal Aaeociation, was
&livered by B. B. Hackney, Esq., berrister-at-law
(of the National Liberal Feder/tarn). There wa• a
good attaticlauce of members and friende, many ladles
occupying chairs near the platform. On the motion
of the es• Mayor (J. T. Stephens, gig.). the Mayor
(C. E Imunde, Seri), wee vottel to the chair; support-
ing him were Aldsrmen g. Cos, J. P. Scttill, and
James Beach, the ex•Meyor, arid Mr. 11. Howell. In
the hall were Allormari and Ms. ft pions, Mr. W.
Co.fox, &A , Mr. mid 1t,.. U. Wileon, Mr,. J. T.
Steph me, Miss Suttill, Misses duttdl, Mr. J. Balls,
Mr. S. Champ, Mr. Foley, k.c., kc.
The wormy president of the association (J. P. F.
Onadry, Esq.), we unable to be present.
kfis Wonsan, on rising, said b,f...r• they came to the
businese of the evening, he wished to giv• notice that the
annual meeting of the emulation would be held In the
fore•ters gall on Thursday, June god. fle was mom their
worthy president wet not able to be present. He (the
gey.ir) would have preferred some one else being in the
chair ttiatevening. Lhe eutdect before them that evades
was a moot important on., for Kr. Backe., bad come
down to spesk to them on "The Government and 1111
AN111411114.. Ho WIN MIDI they had no assailant, of the
Government peetalat them that evening. The Government
(MI tufted an! was Plwaell through troubloos waters, but
lt• had every confidence ia the proven% adminstretioe, and
any Ilitatolli luckiest would be brought lorw•rd in the
interests of this country end Ireland, and h• trusted that
no vett distant future would he one of peace for the
latter distracted country. Our duty wee to how. on our
armour, sod endeavour to bring about a pacing ending to
thiv.lrtah queetien.
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introduced the lecturer.
Kr. Hackney, in • brilliont and poiated discourse,
adverted to to. fent that the principles end policies of the
present Government were those of the master mind—Mr.
tedetone. (Applintash The Govoroment, during the two
years it hart now hold Mica has held a wise policy,
although we were told the Government bad no policy.
They know what Kr. Oladstocie premed them before ha
come into power, and that promise hos been pursoad,
amongst otham—arooorny at boss, union end content-
moo t, to propene the strength of the empire,
to promos the poem of the world, avoid need-
less and tougling ingoretormal. gad to have
sympathy with hoodoos. (Asehose.) Times words were
indorsed by every Liberal. for hare was a definite policy
with oquil justice to all. The lecturer then proceeded at
souse I moth to prove how there promisee had been carried
out. Spiriting of finance, the lee, ur. r said the common
chorus iced* by Tones eras %het L, berets spent more Man
they did. n • statement was pleusible, and c4culated to
mislead. It was, after ell, not whiah party spent the meek
bat which incurred the pleated expenditure, end in this
respect Tory Guano' most yield the palm to Liberals.
(Comm.) As they knew, Kr. Gladstone woe a master of
fiascos Mr. Gladstone had sa yet neither time nor charms
to reduce the expoodium very much. but he gave than
confidence that he would be as good ea ever he we,, ma
Kr. GLedstooe been free from the Afghan War there
would not have bees a penny Deeded for the Income Tax.
(Hier, boar.) The tartaric,
.refirriing to the Irish Quipiipii.
approached It with some dread alter the miecriesat dead In
Phonic Park. Heaven forbid that the Irak People were
mixed up with snob • deed of blood as wee that. Hs did not
believe Me Lend League hod anything to do with it—scrim*
that had terribly stained that fair country. It had been
alleged that the 0 merriment was to blame for not bring.
lag Coercion to beer Ware, and then again th_ey were
blamed for attlinpling to bring Coercion. Kr. Hsclusey
boldly mewled that the Government had sated wisely and
*lnsistently throughout the whole of this I dab Whir.
(taut Applause.) Ireland was not verified under Tory
ru'e, and two years of Liberal rule wag not sufficient to
wipe out the strong feeling abroad In that country for so
nanny ream. The present Government tame into power
with the noblest intentions towards that unhappy
country: when the Tories boasted they had left Ireland
peaceful—but if so why did they want to renew the
Poem Preservation Art/ Whereof Thee the Lori.
was laid the responsibility of what had since happened in
that mush y. (Immense armlets's.) The Led. prevented
Mr. Gledetone carrying out him wheal. The 80b..., et
Kr. Gladitons wen to stay unjust evictions. for they
were the lever and power of di the robs/lions. As Yr.
Bright sailL.ocrcle was no rem•dy, for form could only
restrain vi but not cure it. Tha Poston, saw their
opportunity, an carried on their deeds of blood, end
when the Land League acted us conjunction with
7enienllo3 the Government was bawd to deal with it.
TP• influence of the Coercion Act crashed the Load
Louise, but outrages continued to incroom in number
' while suspecte were oxidised. The only war to brine
about the pacification of Ireland wog to wain it from
outrage. (flew. hear.) Th. Goventmant is bound to take
meeserea for the suppression of aka.; liberty mud not
be bibtefered with, but license must be cruised. The
Glorevrintent harl not broken ita pledge.: but Parliament
had been obstructed by tame who laid the choreei against
It. He (Kr. klackeeylehed there to give their confidence
in Mr Gladstone's Government. It. Polio, ebeeed had
been crowned with imams. With regard to Ireland, tbe
result had to be seafood fon but we knew, es of old,
Chet. • Liberia Government would do ell in its power to
brine ebont • Pitairclui airline of • difarultr.
The meeting cloned with VIVA' of theist's to Kr. Hackney
for bill able lecture, and to the Mater for presiding.

A horrible story, hardly to be aurpas red in the way
of morbid detail haa rose the round of the town gossips,
who have had Os* unqualified satisfaction to &roues the
curiosity of numbers outside the circle of their own
over gullible acquaintanoss. During the latter part of
the weak a rumour was afloat that • fearful tragedy
had been Goaded at the retired but pretty village of
Burton Bradstock by a domestic servant. Later on
we were assured that the deadly work took place at
Weymouth, and yet actin, it caws rather nearer home
—at urns,. We heard with every protestation of
reliability that an infant had been cruelly butchered,
shoed up in the met atrocious 1111•12214 r, and then
well.cooked in a swim). furnace. But, in spite of all
this assuring detail, we could discover no origin what.
ever for the report, but, the ips were not to be
dose, for the, actually d abroad • farther
rumor that the Culprit was heyamiad, placed In Was,

committed to the etuitnci7 of the law cams, mid the
oomforte of their dreaded cella. Yet again, a certain cot.
course of West-end peeps we so far ail tO b log "
the eltiveriag Culprit before the Rridport magistrates.
Ifere, however, they made • mistake, end theausp!?ioaci
pubilo began to see through it, for sail, they had
the CMS cme before the magistrates, shouldn't we
have men it in the Pedrosa r Finding this rather
to • rich Co be believed, the gossips then proceeded to
transfer the culprit to the Weymouth Police-court,
from whenoe silet had been fully " Omunitted
at the sooting Amine." But, add she public again,
"flow can that be, for we sh.,uld have ....so that in
the Peeress 1" Now, the worvt pat of thin matter
Is, the names of • quiet, unoffendlog family have been
brotLIM into aotorioty most merdflly for the
purpose of propagating this report, for which it were
needles. to say there is Dot. our wee the slightest
foundation. How each report.' Rein the strength they
do is simply a mystery, even with the knowledge that
all provincial towns are, more or less, replete with
insatiable gossip.. It is simply disgraceful that such
• report injurious to the reputation sad harrowing to
the feelings of innocent persons should be disseminated
who untnlnitY, and equally diegraceful is it if such
rumours are thus allowed to be diffused abroad with-
out an attempt to discover and potash the urigiarecm
"Oh that the atiooklet making strew,
Were ail redsoed to one or two,
Led they were ;Mated red or barn I ic., en"
The new Registrar—or, perhaps correctly speaking,
"the Registrar subject to the confirmatioa of the Lord
Chancellor's (which is morally certalu)—will not, I
think, disappoint the learned circuit judge in his
selection, nor cause the &Rabbet feeling of oimppoints
meat or disapprobation on the past of any one perms
wh 441 province tile to be connected with the County
Utatrt, kat the ooetzsry, the appointment will, as our
esteemed Town Clerk justly observed at the last
Court, "help to bridge over the loss sustained by the
death of Mr. Manley." To the large majority of ,
Bridportonians Mr. C. U. Names is, plainly epesldag,
known as " • hard-working, rising solicitor,' but to
hie large circle, privet., and «Kiel, be is known to be
more than that—a "gentleman of the strictest integrity
and honour." The labours entailed by the poet of
Comae Court Registrar ere generally known to be
somewhat arduous, but I feel awe that there is no cause
for appr,hendtng that these dativs, lardootis as they
tut ly are, will be now lees ably performed than
they were under the consistent j mediation of the late
Mr. W. H. Manley.