The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-05-22 00:00:00

OF BEATS BILL

The Leader of the o,eineition in the 11.11•0 of
Commute has made a skilful switch on the pelpat-lo
faults and shoriatinitio of the &lOW B 11, culli..g
several of his most telling areutuesus from the effect
of the proposed redistribution in Dorset. He
vindicated small boroughs, u returning to Par-
liament representatives of a variety of interests
in &gland. the colonies, and India, which
cannot he roamed under wither loud, manufactures or
commerce. To illustrate Ibis. hr rt (erred to the
bon, member for Ilndport, Mr. II Arco, whom,
however, on Monelu evening, be outainly only
saw in his mind's eye, saying :
" Thin is at this mount • subject which is of more
inkiest ev..n thou. pat liamentary left). m or Ile gout ten
of twice., trot-, end that I. the at.t• ti oar mooet ry
sy-tein at this tint.—('oar, bear). That. a oubj ct
wi nib very otob.ahly will shortly be sinter oar oolisootre•
'ion and discu-sion. and the ooini.e. .4 men of great
enter 'nee an vat oelijeet will her. Get.* t by th. bou-e
with gre•t in•er et At any late I .ee before um •
gentlemen, who. if be is nu e, this mootout we, not
long Com • governor of the Bank .4 &glen I, ad eft 0,
might wag, ca one of the -blest g .wernors the B.nk
ever had t manage I P oone•rhe (glotta). And to what
do we owe hue pres-ne. among u-1 Why, to the
entail borough of lirolonrt, sod that eertoinly
is to be di,franshistd --(boor, bear). I soy that
nun like the C.• 010. T 1 of the Bonk of England
red retlemon itt simtlar posittona should •Ivrays be
member. of the Ho. of Common,— (hear, hear). I
nave bed lune ripmienc• te my life of be &teeniest.
e.tsing from wumpuit. ion with the governor an
deiut. governor ol the Bonk • f Engla.ad. At itrearnt
the govertior and 'bedevil., governor of the Bank of
hugland are both members if thie boos, ; they
sit on diff rent std.' of the hon-., they are Indli
mewhere for small borovishe (~ear, hau)— and )ou
ars certainly going to disfranchise one."

Tbs. grouping system received the decided oppoeition
of Mr. Disraeli, al foreign to English preoedeat, as
calculated to aggravate snornalitat, to treble the
espenditure of entering Parliament, and, by a pro
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cede of wanton injustice, to enfeeble representation.
"Take for instance" said bee "the borough of Doe'
ehester, which I. epr,ented nu both airlas of übo
Ilouse; the borough returns two ...when, but I. to
be trourwal with, Wareh•us, which returns one nieckhce.
I broil. slier and W rel am, wl.ialt are now represen.ed
by three cuelobers, w II be reurn-ented be but one, e..d
It y will hays a popolstion of between 14,000 and
18.000; but c.OO to them is tbe booms', of Poole,
which, haYing a poreLtion a little •bove the masked
number of 8 000, will he repeeeented by two upoobr.
(loud cheers). Now tedte aasio the group of Brlcleort,
Hooi•on. awl Lyme, oh oh are now rop.eeit.d by A,.
unnubera The norelabno is 15,000, s.d tout in t.e I,
represented by one ni-ether; luta ed ihsc, is lb.
borough .4 Torgrroo, again just abuse the maeloal
number of 8000 and it i• to he r. p-soented by two
inembnoa Tt,i. s indimeet and taot-n injostiao I
011,t under•ttod teliong •-ne, two, Or for a gout rod,
object sago three in. inhere from the troop, bet le not
model-144nd ..n what pi ivaipla 15,00:10 p olds ahould
he calls I %item to m•s• 00 tar a a eacricea eh,
borough elope by, with • li,tle etp,re than 8.00.) inhabit.
ante, should be left w,th two toembers"—(lout cheer.).
He wa• strongly of opinion that the principle of
grouping should be confined to constituencies created
for tbe purpose. Scone plau of that kind would do
far noire to insprove the representation of the people
than the fantastic scheme proposed. Mr. Disraeli
then urged the neoseetty of discsatding the urban
element from comity oonstitueocies. He said the
Opposition would support a temperate proper
measure, but this wanted matanty both iu design
and preparation.