The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-07-18 00:00:00

Csrr.
Wilabt
the 'Borough
' 'the

election Neino.

IeoRtRATION 01 MR. ettearDatr, co Limn
.10,2,10., Aim
MR R. D. wol.rr ,
Tun nomination of candidates for . the repro mutation
of this borough took place on Tue erley, end was con.
ducted in a very orde•ly, and, for f he tweet re rt, quiet
manner. The fortnaliti• a incident to the oece tion were
duly observed at the County Hall, after which adjourn-
ment was made to the hurting. er ectmd A.,..d ,atniy in
front of St. Peter's church. In t 341 oigia imam )in front
there was assembled a large body of eleetors and non-
efeotors, notwithathoding the hen my showers • fhich fell
at interviste
Tha Ittrrunurno Orman (D r. Aldridge, th e la:agar)
oberc red that they had met by . )(tsunami of the Quern to
cure*, one of the most imp° rtant privileges conferred
upon them by our glorious CM etitution, arid cs lied upon
each one faithfully, bone. tip, coma:dentine sly, and
inrmi gently to perform the dett7 now deveh ing upon
them :in electing two fit end dieceeet burgesses .—gentle-
men ..of eOCKI character •ad intelligence— to watch
over their 10rel interest,. :and to take part in
the deli berations of the 'great council of tl .e nation.
with erre it to themselves, and advantage to e.heir con-
stituents. (Applause.) Amor ding to an old custom
of this a ncient boronee, th 3 gentlemen win cause
forward am candidates wee 3 not, as wan wrathy
the case, aroposecl and 901 ended by their politic.]
friends an Partisans, lot they were placed in
the rather dioarreethis peed tion of having tn propose
themselves./ 'et he meld r onceive that ouch a count ,
had its advante.o.'s. He Idea aght they should tree,. 1 L,
hear & more tin thful sad faithful account of th, ir
qmaigrojesiii from the hen., gentlemen themselv ea t/ .
from their political part* ans or personal fele sda.
(Hoar, hear.) He would es 4 detain them lo Age,
~
, but
ask them to listen patiently to the eloquen' 4sr oeches
now to be addressed to thee i by the eon. • sae didates,
it each of whom he buster I that they we ,„.ba give an ~
Impartial bearing. (Appian. e.)
Mr. B. B. SiitaiDart come forward sad est , Awing,
gain," sad ' anneeked that
and a cry of " Here we are,
by one o those wise proviait no of our C mietitution he
*
came titers a
to meet the • :tors and to receive their
judgmeut on his pest condet t, and to b sir ,fm. them
their decision who were Cobs their future immoimitia":.
They were met face to fame aed he f Aid not 'fear the
result. It had been said, " If a man esents to hear all
the evil that con be said .of him. 1 * Liu beoorae a
candidate at an election.'" He be. Aimed that to be
I n true. (Hear, hear.) In the sting atmosphere
in which he finds binuelf he is, are be be tried by as
cranial • test as OW lkt PC.lai My be. conceived.
He lived within five sr ilea 'sf Doe cheater, and,
as Mr. Healey said th se other day • hen addressing
the electors of Oxfordal die, " They kmeo him outsi,,u,
and inside." The news, taper! • Ablest, ed in the town—
the Dorset 0014110 C Groner le, tf,g Dorset coos"
Swpreu, and the &MU rya l'ams, 'Pere opposed to him '
—appalled to the Libe el Party. and said as mach as
they could (which SIMI SSIIII little, in favour of the hon.
gentleman who had r ew coma `forward as a candidate.
Notwithstanding tho sedianica'atages, he was willing to
be tried by the send i e 'tett le had described. He wit
before them to be i pdged. (Hear, hear.) If he were
found wanting, he F Aulis ii•eapect to be 'so tuned and
banished; hut if, 0 eth eueher hand, his conduct issevery .
respect SA their to jeehodr, as • resident country gentle- ,
man, and above a' geseimie repreeentatve, had met with .
their approval, • aulleis political opinions were such as
were in accord& see•with those of time majority of the
electors of the ' ernWireli, then he should expect—and he
hoped be was melt presumptuous in ouch expectation—
that they we tilf. plebe him at the head of the poll.
(Applause. a g 4,• voice, "Yon will be there.") During
the 13 yearn br.... had represented them he had never known
of niee ale nor at those who voted for hen that had
ee•441(4".. I. the propriety of • vote he had given in the
"-our ,C i 'Commons, or that had even hinted he bad
swerved . /rum these principles he had always professed
'lna 44 rah* fleat recommended Jahn to their notice.
(He" . hear.) Without those principles he was quite
sure ALA he should never have gained their favonr, and
.le' eas equally confident U nit he should not retain it if
e`,3 Abandoned any one of there. (Applause.) In 1832
4' &re were many in the 'borougb, at least • party, who
i &scribed themselves, flatteringly, and he might say,
',without intendingsny offence, presumptuously, as .fan
influential section. of the borough, who tried to induce
gentlemen to omne forward to oppose him; but they
. &dined, and it was candidly admitted that he had no
. 'banes against Mr. Sheridan while he (sr. S.) had the
, influence of the Liberal party with him. (Hear, hear,
: and • cry, "He is not fir from us now.") These bon.
. gentlemen resisted the allurements and blandish-
. meets of the "influential eletins" which were at
that time aided by Love Law end Physic. Love
: and Physic had disappeared, 'bat Law remained.
'Where were all those gentlemen, who then threatened
him? Where was Peters? Whore wee Pitcher?
• (Laughter.) This influential section wow brooding
. over the kicks, which unfortunately were far inure
. &handset than the half-pence they received, found
a most unfortunate gentleman, and brought him
to contest the borough. Immediately on coming
c to-the *hen he was told that if he only bought a
kettle, and get the pot • boiling, be would certainly be
returned at the election. Months ago he heard of the
gentleman's coming down; and he was told that the
Atm. candidate was spending a fortune in the town,
that be had hoisted the banner et St- Andrew's cross,
and bad put himself under the protection of .the of the
seven champions of Cbrietendom. IA laugh.) He had
been *eked repeatedly in the town if he hall seen the
representative of the great influential party. said was
told that he defied the Liberal party, and intended
sweeping him (Mr. Sheridan) from the face of the
political world. He answered, and he meat admit that
he used a rather vulgar erprescion' you may depend
' urn it that "its all my eye and Betty Martin," if the
Liberal piety manifest the same seal and energy they
did in 1852. But
Thrice the crlr of Wolff we hear,
And, at leagth, he does appear.
The boo. gentlemen who had oome,fortrard to *poste
him fancied that he should consider him • bore, and
him (Mr. Sheridan) as • soaring
.. • lieu. • ughter.) He would be genera* end ekercise
reP7d
Abe '' qualifies of that noble animal. He did not
unwed his now opponent as anything so fearful. He
iloolectetpon him (Sir H. D. Wolff) araccomplished an
gentleman of great ability,•whe had served his country
-erell,•encedeserved all the honours oonferred upon him.
. (Applause.) But, he considered that he (Sir H. D.
`Wd had not such claims on their suffrages as the
: gallant colonel or himself. Be regarded him IA a
' lamb led to the slaughter. (Laughter, cheers, and '
• tipmer.) A lamb that licks the hand just raised to shed
filo blood. (Cries of "No no.") A lamb with a golden
'fleece, and if he might parody an old song he would
.• say :
" The fleece that oovers this lamb, sir,
Would gild St. Andrew's Cross." (A laugh.)
: Sir H. D. WWI had said in his address that this
borough lain " a meet unsatisfactory date." What did
he mean? Wee it that Colonel Start, who advocated
, principles •thich were directly opposed to his (Mr. S.'B), I
had east disgrace on the borough, or did he mean that ,
his (Mr. S.'s) being their representative placed the,
borough in an unsatisfactory state. If the latter, it was
an insult to the mostitsency, (bear, bear, and no, no,)
. and a reflection upon their
.ahoioe in 1852. He
-.dialed that *ere was 'lily "twit- lompact"
' beterebn himself and Colonel Stunt. He had no
power to snake snub an agreement, or to command
• * r et '. to Parliament by the free
. orth 1 of the borough. 7-
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