The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-12-21 00:00:00

KR. GIEBARD STFRT. ILP., ON PUBLIC

AFFAIRS.

The annual meetiog of the Gillingham Agricultural I,
Society PM, held on Monday. At the dinner the ,'hair wax
taken by Mr. Gerard Stun, M.P., who, though suffeeinat from
• severe sprain of the right Imr, ulnae notowitatnt his emery'
we it In • Rhea; and wailing with crutches, had posted ever I
(nen Critchell (some twenty miles), contrary be the eishoe
his .tureen, In order to fulfil an engagement mule rime ,
month. ago. The been, member, however, was in excellent
spirit.. and was moot coniially greeted ;li. the company. In
responding to the tent of "the County anthers," Mr. Start
remarked he would Away env a few words ea to what 1
had pooled during the pad Se-aeon, • few words so to what
wan going to take place in the ensuing Sogdian, and • few words '
about Mr. Glsolesteme and Mr. Bright to which he would add a
little slap, and • friendly one to Mr. Frazer Grieve-, laughter)
-owl a rejoinder to Mr. Portman for hi. Into speech at Slier.
borne-(mar, hem). And in doing this he hoped he should '
net offend env persete in or ,flat of that room, see that after the
meeting they would feel home! say," Mr. Start Ma• have
got the foot, but he has eertainly not got the mouth disease"
(laughter). Ile had always maintained, awl should main.
Min, that die of the greeted honours that could be conferred '
upon any man was to be returned as member for his native :
country ; and who would dare to my that Dorset...hire wee not ,
Ai. eiative county! And he would say that the only way In
vo-lch to repay that honour wan by endavouring, no he did,
to mere hi. emuitituenta honestly, conscientiously, and to the
host of his ability :a compliment which, he was cure, they scull
also allow 1111111 to toy both to Mr. Portman and Mr. ',toyer -
.-(cheer.). And .w a word cr twos. IO what took plass:
' riming the last ,Sestion of Parliament. There were before
the knew several Important rumour. winch bad now
become law. The Cattle Plague 11111,-he would begin
with that : Inn that was not half a meanie.. Gnaw,
hear). It stopped far short of what he and many other members
eel Parliametit Oohed to make It? but they wens outvoted by
the Government. Iltaeled by Lord Hobert Montagu. he and
,there sought to make that measure as stringent as
it could possibly be made but they were outvoted;
and when he took up the divide,. list next morning and
cast ins eye over it until he CSMO to the letter "(I" (turn-
ing to Mr. (Irove) he could hardly believe hie eyea-(latighter)-
Ile could hardly have Imagined that a member loran agricultural
dietrict like that --a member whose constituents gained their
daily bread from their Imam and their new.(for that Irma dairy
county), would have voted for auch an imperfect measure -
(cheers). Ile threw the division Iled addle, Paying, •' I will defy
you to pnoiele a cute for three things: for • d. cg killing sheep
when 1111 CO it has taken to It ; a gamelseePer imPPittic reel
sheading foxot when once he hart taken to It: and for an M.P.
going into the wrong lobby when dux Ae has taken to it
-(much laughter). All he could Ray wan that he and hi.
nelleague did their boat to make that Bill as stringent se it
...old be made, Ine they were outvotrd by the connect majority
at pre.ent behind Iler Majesty's Government, The next law
ems the Bankruptey Bill. Ile wax not layer enough to go
into all the In, and outs nt Ito term istoos, Lot u It rnovived th„
sanction Mlll approtatleen of both sides of the Bowe., he pre.
11010011 it win • innal measure, and he could ently wino...eery
hope that Mon of those present would over have unasion
take the benefit" of it-(hear, hear). The third
Ineamire was the Habitue/ Criminals' Act. That, he
tlee.e,glet. no. alsee a capital Act, Itemise It toothed up 01.1
offenders, and taught bruteo-and there were bruten who mal-
treated their wicm-that they could not repeat their crimm
with impunity-(Mar, hear.) But after al the 11111 of the
Remion was that for the diveataidishment the Irlesh Church,
although he ennloieed that that WM now • threadbare subject.
Ile had heard it detain' 110 often in the Home et Common.;
we often in the Meuse of lord+ 1.10:01 he happened to" look in ;"
tied at it, many meeting. In the provinces that he confer...l he
wm somewhat tired or it. But, neverthelmse, it was a groat
and betel revolution--(hem, hear.) They wen, told it was
" no use crying over split milk," but he and his noble friend
on him right (Lonl Henry Thynne), and his collvairte.. Mr.
Flyer, did all they could to prevent It. coming int.. law -
(cheem.) They went me night after night like Englishmen,
and showed the characteristics of Engliahmen. They went up
only. to Ice knocked down again -(lauletter.) That went on for
a long time. It we. very often said that the ditties of ....mho.
of Parliament were very onerous and very hard Ile siteteleed
Itier Pidianientary life, and mid putting all together he enjoyed
it very much, and he should be sorry indeed if the day
east.. when they would tune him out. (Crim of " Nmer...)
And now let him my ono word upon what was going be take
place. After the Utah L'hurch was disortablished. be felt •
certain amount or comfort and He thought that,
perhaine, after all out id evil there 101410 i COMO good. The
Goren...nit coed." Only disorteblish the Irish Church and see
with the good majority we have got, what we will die for
Ireland! Ireland shall be pacified ! Ireland *WI be mule
happy! Ireland shall be made ....tented!" Ile was tied going
to taY • word 144.1nat Mr. Gladstene or Mr. Bright in that
amembly. He wax Chairman of that meeting. and, of course,
n lion acre not alowml --(laughter) Ile had no with to my •
word that would offend anybody, on one side or the other ; but
this perhaps, he might be allownl to remark, thet, to say the
had, minister. were unnewhat unlucky in their feriephnle•-
(hoar, hear). Ile would act anybody who read the public
j„oroats, or e he had any luteorledge 01 public &Saint, whether
the present taste of Ireland was not each an to tnake any
thieeking man aieuelder? Why, aa far an law was cems,need,
Ireland hail bees turned into Liberty Hall. There was no law,
er rispcct for law, reigning througi that ~,ontey. It was,
In lac'. ill a three& state 14 insurnweion that wes
stain and a hiiiMlA 01.01 our legbdation (cheers). Ile
was told ,the other day that no man ussmpying the
position of a battalion!, agent, bailiff, or farmer could leave his
home with safety. thee and all were living at this moment in
• • state of terror. But we were promised • Land 11111 ; and It
was not for Mtn iti that room to abadow forth, or to sgmt
• what the provhdons, of that Ifill .hould be ; It sran,inde, far
beyond his capabilities, mid far beyond also, he helievist, the
capabiltkies of Her Majesty'. Government. Thia, however, he
would may that, as [rebind was a lan of the 11nIterl Kingdom
--although sante might be • little apt to ffew over the present
condition of the country they ought, one and all, to 'lee the
1 best in their power to nsdiir, and make) her +till a part of this
united etuilreu-a=ra) Of coune, party ‘atuka terrible
thloi•swoPl would Kama tWouelass,l and while