The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-12-29 00:00:00

SIR WILLIAM HARCOURT.

This "coming man" of the Liberal party made a tell-
ing speech to his Oxford Constituents.
Share ha was last in that place, lie said, to use a phrase
which had become classical, "a gmel many things had
happened." It was just about a year ago since he stood
there to submit himself to their judgment in the un-
familiar /all:Viola of a newly•dedged Marisa ; awl now
that he had perished in hi, infancy men might safely pro-
imutwo hint happy-la laugh). The storm Caine down
open them. It was one of those cirettlar hurricanes. Whiell
sometimes ravage the political tropies and blow from all
quarters itt turn. These who hail watehed the barometer
of the ',oldie mold had for some time observes' that, .1
the weather repert says, preeetre was everywhere
a•al warning voires had been raised, trent
that platiorm • g others. against canting too th
top hamper ftaireeer, it caught them all standing. They
were taken te. ta••1: and disnissteol in a twinkling-(a laugh).
N. &AIM, it 11.1 been a great catastrophe. A large part
of tle• t-rew 11.1 well washed overboard, a few were cast
up ,/11 the desert island of the House of Lents -(elieers
anti a lam)h). His own eolleague, whom they all TVIIIIIII-
- .14 regrettsst- ('-lmer.) -was living 3 sort of Robin-
.otn I 'rue te. life Own, Ltugh) -lett the Oxford Lif cleat
piekeo oat tit the wreck, and there he was to
P.., tlrmitit,„• and return thanks in the
Temple te. ,t.• I %Tit (ateert.)-tie longer, it was
...General, hut what In- Vahlisl a 0.1 ilea!
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•
,tll Noether tor the city of 1 itionl-I(eheer4.
r the. that when he ,•poke.to them there

fore he I it thela i•everal things were s.nlissg to 1.1.041
-- lira, that a general clecti•pn was not far II;ss next, that
wisest it -.sum they should all be turned out; and lastly,
th it 11., 1-sr este shool4l mitt ioake himself miserable over
tli4t es eat -111.4 r, hear). He told them they insight get
rid 4 the awes-notelet, but they would Hot get rid of
their principle, ; and so it w.ix. The coach was really
travelling tha sated read. Thry had only changml the
driver soul the horses—(a laugh). It was enough for him
ts, know that the chariot of the State was not standing
-ail!, wet that if !t .11.1 not Isswl along as fast as souse of
ti, ••ss w.stsl,l wi-h, it wil4 not going backwards --(cheers.)
Wl.en the rrcAent I:oreraltient cane in they feuss.l a line
swish; rid)- made to tli.•ir bands. Well, they dealt
with it very Tuaell a. their predeee,s wolll.l hate aolie,
..a.-eet :hat they moil., half a hit.: itr.tta.l wle le .me
at : Iscs•toe Tax. Is ..pp..siti..ll she e 44thuy goal:mei)
t al: ail. r,pealia; the Malt 'no:, hut they tot
,tlie ;II.: neve: t,einght of 414.1114 any,hill: half
f• I- s I thus t's• hangs) of Government gets rid
40. • s-ry •sf the Ms t TaX r.). They used to hear
a „Ttat .I'sal about the dreadful state of the strmy
intl t' gr.....ful state of the Nary. They would
kr, ssire of that. note. It 1,44 101,wered ita
It hal turned out a thwertment--(hear: hear)
.• we were all 41d111), th a ills ..ur .01.1
11 they are ;est the MIMI, &lid the 4,411114 he...
Wh:.t they were —(eheers and a laugh). The
datg fe•-.•ign .d the late
• ,zole:rinett. Now, if the forei4llpoliey of England
I. m.) I,ess aksot t be cliang,sl it would have been a
Very Aeri .11.1 ill itter, kit When we were told at the
sn•! ns li•ncos that " the ..... ral influence of England con-
,i• 1., in 1.4 sxvumsg adv!ce when it is not staked f..r," that is
c .nception of the authority of Great Britain among the
usdi al. with w hich he was sure the President of the
Psace 1....-iety woolsl not quarrel unless he should think it
somewhat too Miste—(litar. hear). These Conservative
gentlemen ha.l paid m the Liberal Party the greakost coin-
pliment one :sum 'null offer to another—thatof 'tation.
They had even caricatured the errors sof their rivals, as
the Chinese potter eopied the crack in the pattern plate
—(a lan.:10. They had stone what he thought inairo.ihle
---they hal male the Licensing Art even more vexatious
than it w-ass before—(a laugh). Like good Christians,
they rejoieml in the multitude of their converts—(cheers).
Thu Liberal Party, vanquished at the hustings, had led
captive the fierce Conservative reaction and infests' even
Liberal ideas into the brmusts of the country oath:wen
—(bood cheers).