The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-07-25 00:00:00

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Tat nomination of two keighhtgf 911, shire 1,
_re in Parßainent for the southern division of lilt
°Panty took place on Friday at Salisbury, Mr. T. H.
A. Poyndor, High Sheriff, presiding. There was a
large and not very orderly crowd in front of the
hustings; but the confusion was attributed ohiefiy
,a the presence of a number of "roughs' brought
ito the city, as was alleged, in the interest of one
1 the Conservative candidates. Soon after ths pro-
ceedings began, cries of "Mind your pooksts!
were raised, and two or those rushes being made
by the citieene upon these strangers, some of tittlin
were hustled from the crowd and roughly bandit&
At one time the security of the hustings seeined'lD
be threatened, and, the reporters' box being scaled
by the crowd, the duty of recording the later
speeches became • difficult, not tcrsay a dangerous one.
Fortunately, few missiles were used except dead
rabbits—a bulky, but, on the whole, a harmless kind
of projectile, and one which in this case was more
obnoxious to the sense of smell than the sense of
feeling. One rabbit was dressed up in orange ribands
.and flung at the Liberal candidate, Mr. Fraser
Grove; but the Conservative osodidates were by no,
means neglected, arid • orosiderable inveertmont must
have taken place in these animals for the purposes et
ths nomination. Their use appeared to mark dis-
satisfaction with the Game Laws as administered in
iSooth Wilts.
The Mott SHERITY having bespoken a patient and
'impartial hearing for the various speakers,
Mr. T. BARING, M. P., proposed the re-election
.of the late member, Lord Henry Theme, whose
:AOLial position and character, the stake which his
family had in the county, and the fart that his pond-
'oat opinions were in harmony with those of a mist
majority of the electors, especially 'antitladi him he
the position of tbeir representative. (Cheers)
The nomination was seconded by Mr. C. Pzi.
,
Sir M. Beacrt proposed, and Mr. N. Barron
seconded, the nomination of Lieutenant-Colonel
Frederick Hervey Bathurst, who had served the
electors faithfully in Parliament, and would again
prove hiroseW there a faithful reprerootative of Con-
servative opinions.
Mr. ALFRED SZYXOI7R proposed, and Mr. RAVES.
HILL seconded, the nomination of Mr. Grove as a
resident gentleman of Liberal opinions, who was
himself interested in agriculture, and would be an
efficient and independent representative of all
interests.
Lord Fl. THYNNII, in addressing the electors, said ,
they had elected him before because they believed
that their interests would best be served by a Con-
servative representative, and he traded they had
not now changed their Opinion. (" No,' And
cheers.) Mr. Seymour had said that the Conservative
party were opposed to all reform and to every sort
of beneficial progress. Now he maintained that
the Conservative party were in favour of trne
progress and reform. (" Oh !" and cheers.)
It was they who brought in a Reform Bill
' and left office sooner than relinquish that Bill.
The Liberals took great credit for the measurer of
the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Was it due to
them that we had had a good harvest ! (Laughter.)
Some of the electors upon whom he had called
during-him canvass seemed almost to think so, and to
believe that if Mr. Grove was not returned their
corn would be blighted. (Laughter.) According to
the Liberals, Providence had nothing to do with it;
it was only Gladstone. A good deal had been said
about the French Treaty; but before the Govern-
ment reduced the tax so wrench wines they were
bound to have reduced the tax on English malt.
(Much cheering.) That would have been a real
benefit to both growers arid consumers, and the
Government would thereby have been carrying out
entirely the principles of free trade, which they
professed to adopt, but did really adopt only so far
as the manufacturer was concerned. (Cheers.)
Then the Government took great credit for the
maintenance of peace; but this was really due to
the fact that the country woeld not allow them to
drift into a war. The Govetnment could not take
math oredit for either their financial or their foreign
policy, and the country could think no better of
them for the way in which they stood up for the late
Lord Chancellor. Lord Westbury was proved guilty
of the most corrupt practices, but the Government
,ntood by him, and had it not been for the indepen-
dent conduct of the House of Commons he would
have been in office still. With regard to the contest
that was to take place in South Wilts, he had made
no secret of his opinions, and had not got the pro-
mise of a single votety giving an evasive answer.
(Cheers.) He stood before the notigittleney as •
stanch Conservative I and he believed that if Lord
Derby came into power, as he hoped would be the
rote in the new Parliament, many taxes would be
taken off, and we should go back to the expenditure
existing before the Crimean war. (Cheers.)

Lieurenant-Colonel BATIIIIRRT, Who .spOke amid
great confusion said that with a conscientiona feeling
that be had done nothing to forfeit their confiders
since his last election, he now again offered himself
as a candidate for South Wilts. His principles as
the electors knew, were Conservative, sod it would
ever be his determination to maintain and, if possible,
to amend our valuable Constitution both in Chnreh
and State. Though strongly opposed to any radical
changui in the Constitution, he should never oppose
such moderate measures of &form as might be re-
quired by the stare of the age in which we live.
(Cheers.) In foreign policy be was a strong advocate
of non-intervention; but there were times when our
position among the nations rendered it almost
imperative on us to use our influence for • settlement
of disputes, and When the national honour required
that we should interfere. lie was for studying as
far as possible the strictest economy, hut not that
false economy which was involved by lowering our
naval and military establishments so as to saorifioe
their efficiency and incur an enormous expense when
they were again required for service. (Cheers.) I3e
had the agrionliatral interest warmly at heart, and
would heartily support any measure calculate to
relieve it of those burdens which now pressed un-
justly upon it. Thus, he advocated the repeal of ,
the Malt Tax, not only because he thought it an '
unjust tax upon the grower of barley, but because
consumer would thereby get a most wholesome
beverage at a much cheaper rate. That the Malt Tax '
would be totally repealed at ere they could not
hope, but it might be reduced bit by bit, and
ultimately they might be able P 3 do away with it
entirely. (Cheers.) With regard to Reform, he
looked upon
.thase who would Americanize our
institutions air worst enemies of their
country. Happily, the war in America the
most bloody and cruel war of modern times—was
at enema, but what had it left as its monument /
The once flourishing and beatttiful cities of the'lbotith
were Eutaw of ruins i the outs happy homes of her
people were a desolate waste, covered with their 1
graves. flush things should be a lesson to us, and
give Os muse to bless our glorious Constitution and
system of government. (Cheers.)
Mr. OrroVii? preeeoted himself, and was re.
mired witO cheering and hooting, so that
not • Word "have been andible in the crowd.
He said that it was disgraceful to have brought down
a lot of prize-fighters to intimidate the electors;
but he hoped that none of his iriends would be
intimidated, End AM they wont nphold a Liberal
policy by retirning him as one o their members.
As an independent candidate, he should give an
independent support to the present Government;
and the result of the elections so far showed
that Liberal principles had triumphi4 and
would triumph in this clotintry. lied Herbert,
who was • Liberal, had long sat for this
bounty. He had originally supported Conservative
measures, but, finding that he was obliged to go
with the times, he joined in supporting the repeal of
the corn laws. No one would now wish to re.
impose a tax on 0,5r11; interested through he was in
agriculture, he would not raitupose the Ma if he
could; for tome years peat the agridulttria interest
had been depressed, he hoped that a good time was
coining. The hon. candidate -
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