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Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-09-22 00:00:00

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had bees thed from the reign of Elisabeth to that of
DugYirt NetlThe Victoria, and it had not promoted the union of the two
countries, it had tot ormlUinni Pm"' and goodwill on
---0----""••
among the people ce the sum blood, that
THE REPRMSENTATION OF WEYMOUTH. earth, even
spoke the came , and believed in the same
Mr. J. J. Powell.
QC" td 141143nnah....e.e.wnik• Rodeemer--Soad argues). Well, then, whet should
Temple Leedom arri
.ved InkaWesaimet TetiTh.e.--v..n.ei be done with It? He would tell them. It should be
and sem' introdueed t" • number of " -- --r--
party" as the gpeell'il hotel dieestablished • it thould be dimandowed--(beat, bear).
On Friday eveninm there was a 114
tine a t the On this question there had been a great deal of variety
mpwedisstete. of opinion, and • greet uproar on the subject. He would
Burden Assemble Hem°, to hem.ll "an
tell them why? Became, people did not understand
mint of his political faith. Mr. S. Brown took the
to
owhatetterl asthrenotesniethbit tLesetwhrishie..Heg.would endeavour
chair, and briefly Introduced the learned gentlemanet
in He would ask
Ur. Powell, slier a few prefatory reocantritie In public them this question. First of all with reference to the
gentlemen, who, like himself, were e
~„,„„easdm v---. dieretablishment Who established the Protestant
and political life, knew that Weynu;;;E--
Chunsh in Ireland, and out of what funds was it widowed?
political reputation which wu not precisely such a ooe
As to its establishment, they all knee& that, like the
ea could he desired by those considering themselves people of this country, up to the great and blamed
Independent 'lreton sod respectable men. 110 "ri.C'... Reformatioe, the people of Ireland belonged to the
lathed that a certain body of gentlemen were ate
was found
Catholics faith. When the Reformation took
antedied with no arrangement. or • supposed arrange-
those ace In England and Scotland, there und • great
meat, existing between the present members, and we y a
pew*
who
were
quite
prepared
to
...opt
anxious to get an independent candidate. Underit
they the Reformation, and the blessings which, he believed.
eirmunsteues be presented himself, and
bad resulted from it. That was not the eau in Ireland.
approved him, and could show there was a lair
chum of sumer, be would enter irk the contest. The people were of a different rue, and were almost as
Their gthat Poet had said "There
a tide much strangers to England as the inhabitants of some
teen,
Island pert of Africa'. They would not accept the
• period in the history of "e'
In tee again of men," and so tutitnencte. Reformation, and it was thrust upon them, and had
might been kept upon them from that lime to this, simply
when they might review the past, and when they end solely by the fore* of legislative enactment. In
resolve for the future; when they ought east offheeolhd
order that they might get • better ides in this matter,
sail habits and principles. which, perhaps, ._ by he had taken the liberty of mitring an extract (the only
thrust upon them rather than bare been
old . e t
one be would trouble them with), from • work of treat
theasselves; when they might cast off the slough o
corruption and resolve to commence anew and a better
authority on this subject, Sir E. May's ' • Constitutional
mciHistory." It was as follows: —" In Ireland the
We-(loud applause). He kaiser of no moral s
more worthy of admiration, and o. fno state things Reformation was forced upon an unyielding priesthood,
and • self-Conquered people. The priests were driven
more worthy of encouragement, than to a body of
from their churches and homes by ministers of the new
honest independent men now tthat there had been
Inaugurated a new retying( in reference to the political faith--generally
Englishmen or strangers-who were
franehim of the country now that the legislature bed ignorant of the language of their flocks, and indifferent
frankly and fully extended to them that which they toetoottheedir conversion or tisrohtibeie
60,,;:yfoorentitytiowdeas,
had never before possessed-unite themselves together in obedience
as one men and resolve that the old state of things severepenalties ; not sought by appeals to
should
thence of • subject rase.
exist no longer-(applause). the
determined
not to et„otee me franebiniwftor tjetheemtnebree Whereas.: Illredder conscience
the Reformation
sake of personal or pecuniary advantage, but for the took root in Ireland ? It was accepted by the
sake of social and political elevation, and the political majority of the English colonists ; hot ,aany who
prosperty and wolf are of their beloved country -(eh"rs
1 abjured the Catholic faith declined to join the new
It was in the belief that this was the desire of the greet establishment and founded Presbyterian communions of
ad
body of the electors of this borough that he had presented their own. The Reformation ded a new element of
discord between the colonists and the natives ; embittered
himself before them, and they must permit him to say
; e the chronic:, discontents against the Government, and
be was • perfect stranger le them. He knew net".
gentlemen ' founded • foreign chureb, with few communicants In
Be bad not the honour of being personally of their local itierrels or of their Private nrr"fienentty her =idea of • hostile a
drebellious people. It was a
acquainted with either of the
state church • but in no sense the church of the melon."
who representeel them, and in coming -before the at
In the seriond 11 volume of M. May's work, at page 314,
meeting that evening be did not come before speaking about the Reformation, and the way in which
it was received in the three kingdoms, he said this in
them as the special opponent of either of Ham-Omar,
reference to Ireland, that the Relormation was forced- '
bear, and a voice, "You are the independent man").
... Lb'e and let them remember that Mr. Mey was • true Pee-
lle came there t° represent a Princitie i which sines.— -1 testant gentleman, who was not writing as a politician,
political independence of this boroug -lfmt.'P.--- but as an historian-upon a bigoted priesthood,and half
Proceedinit to speak of his t h ical opine:Me he
L..„,, of "tgovernment wbbtb bitty conquered people. Theme being the circumstances under
ever
ir thought
deerevisedwas-annod.--be said it advisedly- be any which the Proteetent Church had been established in
man, not forgetting that grand and great -republic- on
Ireland, and finding that after • lapse of nearly three
centuries it had been found to be worse than &Imitate,
the other sett of the Atlantic, under which the
he said that it ought to be disestabliehedHapplause).
subjects bad enjoyed more teal practical liberty,
One question width had resented Heel, was, had they
and more numerous advantages. than under the
monarchial form of government which now existed in the power to disestablish It' As • lawyer he said it
was clue law that they could. He said they had not
this country, and which had been held with but •
single intenuption for a period of • thousand years, and only the power, but as politicians it was their duty
to do no--(applause). What was it they were going
which was never better represented than at the present
to do with it? The Church was established by Act of
time byt heir beloved Sovereign-(cleeers). He thought
..P•rulihadmohenet,. and that which Parliament bed done could
the Ileum of Lords fulfilled useful functions, but desired
Whoever beard of a Parliament passing •
to me the principle of hereditary peerages curtailed. "
law which should bind future ones? What right had
It was the principle in the; country to reward men who
Parliament to pass • law so that posterity should be
had distinguished themselves in the 'services of their
booed by it ? In the course of two or three generationscountry, and in arts and sciences, by ontderriog upon
them • peerage. It was very right and proper tbat posterity might find out what • stupid set of fellows
their predecessors had beer,. Posterity might wisely
personal
services should be personally rewarded, but he
considered the reward should be confined to the person, and properly say, "If our old fathers bad been alive
now they would riot have troubled us with abolishing
and, therefore when a peerage was given, for instance,
this stupid law." Any lei:rued by previous Perlis-
to • soldier who bad won for the country some great
ee muffs the present couhl re What was it they were
battle, or a series of battles, that were approved 01 e going to rep al? Were they going to do anything to
thought-if he might venture to be allowed to presume
affect Christianity? Were they geiag to do anytning
on the subject--that it would be an improvement to the
to the prejudice of religion? He venters& to say there
Constitution of the House if tie great men was close
would not be • Christian the less, • Protestant the less,ennobled and not his eon also, who perhaps had not one of
or one good man the less, but he believed there would
those great quelities for which the father had been enobleel ,
be a greet many more when they had disestablished
-(applause). And so he would say in reference to • great i
' the Irish (7hurch-(ebeers). All they were going to do
many lawyers. There were many judges at the present
was to sever • mere political tie, which ought never to
time on the bench who might be serving their country I
have existed, and which he untended the either it was
more efficiently than they were doing in the common law
, out asunder the better it would be for Ireland and the
courts, if they hail seats in the House of Lords;
bdter for England -(loud applause). Well,tbey were not
het the great miefortone of the present system was that
only going to disestablish but were going to dissodows
•m" could "t be made a Peer "less hn son w" made And why should they not! To si hom did these endow- :
a peer also; and two commonly the fact was exhibited :
meets belong before Parliament gave them to the Church
to the world that • eke father might have a very
of Ireland? They belonged to the Roman Catholic
foolish son-Haughter). The next and most important
Church. There was • broad distinction which had
question in this country was that of our church. He
been ingeniously founded between public and private
desired to speak of this great question with all the
property. lie was not now dealing with private pro'
and all the respect it deserved, and which he
, piety. Monies at certain times pact had been left, and
unfeigcedly felt for it, but he did not hesitate to say
that with refereece to the English branch of it he : they were now left, for public. purposes. This money
thought it capable
of refer.. With respect to the : Parliament had always claim eel to deal with for the
benefit of the public according to the exigencies of the 1
Irish branch, for r aeon. lie would presently state, he
theueLt it a a stumbling block to England, an insult 1 times, if that was not in it was a robbery of the Roman
Catholics, just as he said it was no robbery of the Pre-
to the 1,1:h. an impediment h., Protestantism. and • • testants that their public funds should be implied by
slur upon Chri,eanity -(piolungeel applause). It was • ....stemma to ye-.
on purposes. The confusion which
ll:auding reproach to the enlgliteurnent of the nineteenth , `'"
had arisen upon this matter we, • confusion which had
century-o,er, hear). As respected the English branch
of the Church, he thought they need not be under any I been introduced for the purpose of confounding the die-
tinction between • finish(' and a private endowment.
alien:hint:lon about it, because if it had any real /muted
I If • man left • large sum of money or en estate of land '
foes they were those of its owu house-(hear, hear).
to be appropriated to • certain public purpose that was
If those members of their beloeml Church of England
public endowment; but if be had • son going into
at the preseet moment did not take good heed what they ,
the church, and be wanted to buy an advovrson, as was .
were about ;if they did not soon find out what they
' often done, and he saw some fat plethoric old rector I
le heves", and what they did not believe, and what was
between iii or 70 years of age, whom be thought would .
sound doctrine, and right practice, then the lawyers •
probably soon die, who had a living of 1:1,01.10 a year,
miel members of the Howe of Commons would have to
leterfere and tell them; they would bay.w to I• d • and he invented his money in buying the next presents.
plain, biome awl eumistakcable law upon thae. Uon
bjee- t., ' lien. as •eim as he died the presentation of the Ilene,
belonged to him as much ass! he had a house or afield.
which those who liked to remain membeis of that ceuich
Could obey, and would obey, and those who could riot Parliament never meant and Mr. Gladstone never
I meant to deal with sub private property. This private
conscientiously obey, would have to do the same al
I property was • rested inkrest which would exist to the
other Noneenforwiets did-leave the establishment,
I end of time, and no Parliament had aright to touch this,
and do that which they had a perfect right to do-
more than they had the right to put their hand into •
build their own churches and worship God in Holt own : till and take a man.. day's ..inne_(eppienee). No
way-(applause). But although the question of the i
: English Church was an important one, it oink relatively one ever dreamt of doing that. They did not intend
into insignificance beside the great question of thend, or rather the age, touching anything where • man had • vested interest
the gec'rnei of the Church of ire In society; they did not intend to tough any vested
church in Ireland. As respected that matter he was interest in any public endowment in the church.
Supposing, for instance, that last year a clergy.
going to read to them • few figures, which generally were
,
dull and stupid things, but in order to understand this ! man in Ireland was instituted to • chuich,
publicly endowed, with this Parliament would have no
question, they meet be so good an to fellow him for a few
right to deal. Supposing a man had • living at 25 years
momenta. Atthe lasi oenseuot leel, the whole population :age,
of and be lived until he was 50, Mr. Gladstone'e
of Ireland had hone reduced, by thee:odes, riot of Pro- bill would not touch his property. and who, therefore,
which it was some years before to 5,798,967.
teetants, but of Roman Catholics, from eight millions,
Of that I, could presume to say that it wee dealing with any other
money than that which Parliament had • right to deal
flea millions rather mere than • half' only 693•357' with. Some elderly lady, or some elderly gentleman, or
that is less than one in nine belonged to the established
some old gentleman, who ought to be an elderly lady
chench. All the rest, abolat four and • haU millions,
were human Catholics, and the rest Protestant Dim
might say that "This is a flat burglary, it is spoliation,
iit is robbery." Robbery of what? It was no robbery
*enters of 'serious denominations. What did they think lat all (applause). It was dealing with public property
of this in the prevent enlightened and eraeliesl age? for if I
which had been given for specific public purposes when
there was anything on which we prided ourselves it was I
1 it had been found that after a lapse of nearly three
on being practical men-(appleuse). What did they ,
eenteries the Church of Ireland had not been able to do
suppose was being psid at the preeent moment for the anything with it. Therefore what Mr. Glsdstone's bill.
religions instructioii of this one in nine of the eel.- as he understood, proposed to deal with wet aimply •ith
timi? There ceic in the Irish Church Ice • respect to the public property of the Irieh Church,
archbishops, and ten bishops whoa annual inooine
Let them remember Parliament took from the Roman
amounted to soine E 55,000 • yr se. There were
Catholics, without the slightest objection at the time on
1100 clergymen whom income derived I r oui the I the part of the Protestants, property to apply to the
church amounted to i'50.1,0011-(hear, hear). What was
the state of things with reference to the part/Axes from I moral and religious education and improvement of tho
' people, and inasmuch as the Catholics made no objection
wbich these ge iitlemen derived these great incomes? i
to it he could not see any reason us justice why the
The document' from which he "d derived his to
Protestants should objeet to it. Ile had kept the meet-
statistics were elticial rate-roe to Parliament. They e
had not been garbled by some anti.church society, o m• at some length upon this point, but there was
or leg
another and • very important matter. An objection
anti-anything elm society-(hear, hear). There were had been taken, end it came from a quarter entitled to
In the Irish Church 199 parishes without • single soul the highest respect, namely honest, sincere, and devoted
belonging to the rhumb at all. There were Is members of the Eetabliabed Church, who entertained
bene6oes, eine from £118) to Er": and You laudable apprehencone that by the course they were
without a single resident member of the establishment
taking they might establish a precedent which might be
but time parson himself. There were6lsbenefiees in Ireland
used in re crones to the Church of &asked. If there
where there wee some Prot, eteinte, and the income of nein any such persons present he would my in all
the Protestant clergy was E 257,000 being at the rate of sincerity that if he believed steed a state of things would
£3l for every Preteetant family in the parish. Moreover
ever wise, be for one would not be • party to the
there were 571 parishes where there was not a large
rie nein'. which tr.. proposed to be ...rind out in
population, but twenty members ef the Protests:it itrebt.d_j.prieresej. lie thought there were a great
Church, There were 443 benefices with the large popular many worthy and excellent persons in this country who
tion in the aggregate of '20,529, in the Protestant pot of mistook and renfouoded conformity with Cbristanity,
Ireland, the oust of wheat religious instruction was but still whatever might be the feelinga of thou who
E11e,305. There were two ways of paying a man ;if you were interested in the Church of Ragland as by kw
worked him eery hod you ou;ht to pay him very well, established, and the people of this conatry owed it a
and if you kept him without work, which was some- deep debt of gratitude, he believed it would be • bad
times the hardut work of all, lie ought to he 'mid well day for the Church of England, aye, and a bed day for
also. He thought the meeting would agree with him the interests of pure an uudefiled religion when she
that the Protestant Irish clergyman fell into the second the
be separated from the State- (loud applause). If
branch-(hear, hear, and laughter.) Since 1821 the state of things in England were as they wore in
twenty Irish Protestant bishops bad died, an Ireland. and if he could contemplate snob • day would
these good men having nothing else to do had come, ash, was suie it never would when they would
very wisely and properly taken their money from the have list on* neon in nine as members of the Church
state, and had looked carefully after it-(bear, hear). of England-if he could believe there would be • day
What had been the result? The average personal pro- when in '2OO parishes in England there should not be
petty-this; was from the official returns-left by every a single inembu of the Church of England-if be could
one of these twenty Irish bishops, hail been £43,093. feel there would be such
iiiitti as there was now in
By way of cutting this short, he would give one illus. Ireland when in 500 or a* ' es there should be 20
.. •
tration as a sample of • great many. The lest Proteatani member. of ehe Ct....a at eked why thee h. should
r ..e•et. ile ileceriford received desist say that if that day easne.whith he was sure it would never
the whole of his long life from the church in Ireland no
come either in their day or in the days of their eons
less • sum then Etei7,:mo. lie did not want to be
anttignusilson's sons, then the time had come when the
Irreverent, but he could not but think when referring
principle as Lid down for Ireland ought to be followed
to that pure and estimable old gentleman, that it must out here. At true members of the Church of England,
doubt, whether he was g
have been • wetter:A some reluctance, and considerable they could not entertain ...it apprehensions, eed- they
deg to exchange Armagh for believe that such a state of things could ever exist in
a better world-Omar, hear, and laughter). Was this
England ? He was sore their answer to that would be
state of thing to continue?- (no, no). There was only to the point in the espiration of "God forbid," and to
one possible oun litiou under whicb it would be tolerable, that he would say " Amen," and in so saying he would
and that condition was rot fulfilled in Ireland. It
would add if they did not believe it" Why are ye so troubled.
be this; that there was a vast Protestant pope- oh, ye of lettle faith"-(great epplanse). Speaking of
dation so abjectly poor that they were unable to support the arm and navy Mr. Powell said that this was a
their own
Instruction. utile,. .n establishment was kept up for tic elith eyobjectnto de'el • ith both as regarded constituencies
and representatives. In 1862 they were as frightened as
them, but unhappily when referring to this institution Englishmen could be, for they were lead to believe that
it was not the ease in Ireleed. The Protestant church
in that country was not 'kept up for the poor; The the Preach were coming over, and large sums of money
were voted in order to build forte in venous parts of the
great mass if the Imputation. about five million%
certainly kingdom. This was an unpleasant position for a new
four and • half Emile:no out of the flee, inember of Parliament to find himself in and Le did not
were not mousben of the tetablialled church, and could
not be induce know what to do. He waged opinion that the first duty den
induced to astir a church. nit vast establish-
ment was kept e and them vast funds were paid for t country. At that time, that great foice the velum
Euglish ruemlier was to provide for the protection of
the benefit and religious instruction of the nobility, gen- he
teem bad not been called into existence, and it courted
try, landed proprietors. and ende,iered persons-pee ple to him that it was useless to erect forts, for example, at
who if they appreciate and desire religious instructions
, Portrumuth, when if Louis Napoleon intended to invade
toefetnthwilisneent7genwretrbee'ulueil° Icalepareblpese °teell'rrhaatrin,eveiten"; these shores he would give Portsmouth • wide berth,
state of things that could render such •conditiou totem- ".. " somewhere else. It therefore occurred to him it
bit did not exist in Ireland. Did they want a proof thet was go
sinking money as e into the de* for no purpose,
this church, for which all this money had been paid, it would make LoukNapoleon as the lawyers tomato it,
and alter al the time it had eeisted-did they want change the tense, which meant to go to some other
Proof thet all this money had been thrown away? If elem. Although he had been returned as • supporter
of Lord Palmerston, he abstained from voting on them
wi
so, they could get in this single illustreimne that note eatintatea. He din
not liar to take
upon annuli tat.
thstandieg this army of archbishops, bishop., and
responeibility of voting against them. and, on the
clergy ; not with ending this; vast amount of endowment,
there are actually in London, and have been for many other hand, did not like to incur the responsibility of
voting foe them • when, so far as be could understand,
sent sometimes on
Years, societies, and he dared say their deputations were the forts appear;el to be worthless. He was ready to
a visit to Weymouth, to ask them to admit that it was the deity of the Prime Minister of
collect subscriptions to send missionaries to Irelandto ode ...try to tau.
core 0
keep
tate
cwootry
from
convert the Roman Catholics-Meer, hew). If that invasion; bat than the next thing was "
was necessary, where was the use of thie established me how this could beet he done. It stench him that
moveable forte, such forts es wars contained in those
church in Ireland if in • population of four and
a half millions out of five, the Church of Ireland old wooden walls which had for so many centuries con.
not a missionary church? It must be remembered
tdeoted to the welfare of England, offered the beet
this was no institution at all; this church was not an means of defence for this country-(theen). But sines
experiment, tried for • year or • generation. It had those days • new force had sprung up, which he
born established In Ireland at the period of the Refer-
matins. It had been in exietenee from the time of believed 'wee the most important which bad ever elided Elise in this eonntry, and wouid do more to protect it than
beth, up t',the ',remelt time. It had been tried from that time all the armies and navies which could be produced-the
me to this, and them were the results. He
eannteem--(cheers). He considered Government would
asked them had it not been tried long enough, and had do well if it supplied some portion of the fonts which
It not been found •antiney_eiond anon...).
bad it doe.? He could tell them a great deal it hail ..w...uln.e...mined lot the defence of the nation for the
done. Out he did not want to tell them of the ill-blind _______e_ent of the volonker movement. Alluding
and ill-feeling that it had omesieeed, bemuse he was to the Universities, be said he should be pPared to
anxious to avoid unpleasant topics, and he would abstain, GOPPert Re. Coleridge's bill for abolishing tests, which
11. would rather toll them of whet it had not 4,4, It he (Mr. Powell) obanieteiteed as most aboard and no. •

el

He wiaintahmel that 4330•0 Universities were never
, Intended for any particular party or sect; but for the
' whole masa of the people. Although Diesenters bad
hien excluded from them, everyone knew then were
woad to none in learning, seeped to none in eloquence,
and Yielded to one in exalted faith—(applause).
a_Peak of legal reform, he dwelt at some length upon
nig subject, urging the need there was for it. Hs coo-
treated the judicial made of the provinces with those of
London, which in the latter plan were open all the year
round with the eseaption of the long vacation, whilst in
the country the people had to wait until the judgescome
round, which was wily twit* • year, and this at very
irregular period*. There was a commission now sitting
to endeavour to remedy this state of things, the result
of which he believed would be the opening in various
districts courts equal in power to that of the assize
courts. In ooncluion he said be had not seen the bill
which summoned this meeting, but • friend had been
kind enough to tel him the substance of it. The bill
said "That Mr. Powell, the independent candidate for
this borough, will address the electors this evening."
Now that was • mistake. Mr. Powell had addressed
them, bet not as their candidate. It depended on
the electors whale r he should be their candidate or
not—(applause). They had asked him to some and
addend them, and had dealt fairly and very straight-
forward with him. What they had said in substance
was this, "We ere persons of no very great weight, and
not of very greet note. We are not the sort of persons
who usually aecompuoy a gentleman on his nevem, bat
we are persons who are determined, if we can, under
this new nenm of representation which Parliament has
Introduced, that we will lame • new system with refer-
sue. to this borough, mod if we can we will redeem its
representation by a fair, pure, and free election"—
(applause). Although at the present moment they were
not joined by those gentlemen of the town, who
ordinarily coneurred with their political opinions, stiff,
inasmuch, as they knew the principles and opinions of
those gentlemen, they felt perfectly amazed that, when
It was found they were really in earnest, and that they
were not seeking • oontest for the mere sake of • con-
test, that they would recognise their position and come
amongst them, and be gladly received as their leaders—
(cheers). A gentleman had said that if they could con.
vines them that they were in earnest to produce a candi-
date who was not a mere adventurer, but a gentleman
of some professional and some public posation, then he
had no doubt at all that the Liberal leaders would
come and assist them—(cheers). Whether that we. the
case or not they were determined to make the experi-
ment, and he sand the electors to assist him. The
appeal which had been made to him had Loathed him
deeply, and he had been pleased sad happy to respond
to it. What had that appeal been? The committioe
had brought him there, not as their candidate, for they
had told him they had no authority to do so, and that
all they weld do was to ask the Meters to meet hire
end to ask what his principles were; and if they were
satisfied whether he would be their candidate or not.
These, and these only, were the circumstances under
whin he Game before them. No one was under soy
obligation to him. If they accepted him he should be
happy to he accepted, and he was prepared to fight their
hattle—(cheers)—and would do so fairly and honestly to
the last moment of the poll—(renewed cheering). If he
failed he knew he should have fought • good
i fight and failed in • good cause, and if be succeeded
he should he able to take his mast in the Henn of
Commons with the proud feeling and conviction that
he was not there as the representative of his breeches
pocket—(cheers)— that he was not there as the nominee
and representative of any territorial or monetary
interest—that he was not there as the illegitimate
offspring of some pnvate romped—but that he was
there as the free and independent npreeentative of
I honest men, who, appreciating their rights and duties
as electors, had determined that, from henceforth, they
would assume their proper place, through their repro-
osatative, however humble he might be, in the great
souncile of the nation—(tremendous applause).
Mr. Dennis asked for • show of hands for Mr. Powell,
when • large amebae were held up, none being raised
easiest
Mr. Dyer proposed, Mr. H. Wives seconded, and it
was married unanimously: "That this meeting,
having beard the political views of J. J. Powell, Esq.,
is of opinion that he is a fit and proper person to
I represent this borough in the Commons Rouse of
Parliament." .

Hr. S. Hardy proposed, Hr. Webb seconded, and it
was resolved :—" That in the opinion of this meeting
the Pumper:it existing between the Conwriative and
Liberal members of this borough is an infringmeot of
the political rights of the elector, cud this meeting
hereby pledges itself not to be bound by any such com-
post, but to use all lawful means to secure the return
of J. J. Powell, Esq., the independent candidate."
The meeting then terminated.