The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-11-24 00:00:00

ELEcnoN INCIDENTS.

Tharaday, at thit Blackburn poltos court, Thomas
Paton od ld.in el Dasbury were char4e I with the
so PM wurriar 1 rhomui Wh,tisker, durum the election
r•scitemeir., on the swelling of Tuesday. Th prisoners
WtTe remanded.
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Seeetal orisons vitro wounded in the riots which took
place ou Widneolar 10 Linteri.k. A man n•tned
who was attack on the bead with • bludgeon by ono of
ll'a pottasna. died neat day in Btrrington'•
lloit•ital. The military were not called out, but re.
to•ined under anns in the liatracka.
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.• PERSONS" AT Till Pca.L.—Two women re•idine in
Sunderland, whose names bad been left ou the registr r
prohibit frotu their, resemblance to male
appellatives, as in the Idarichester carre—reeord.d thee
sots, on the polling day. Their DAUM were Winifred
Kearney anl Joyce Priz.
fa serious election riot bee taken place at Drogheda.
Several brawnier. of Sir Leopold M'Clint act, the
C rearrest...l °and' fats ad arrived to poll, wto n they
were attasked by an ini lied
n.ob, and driven otit of
the town. In the 0011ret of the disturbance. the 'riot
Act wire read, and the military fired, killing ore roan
The election, however took plane, and Sir Leopold
li'Clintock was detested by Mr. Whitworth, whose
return will be petitioned asainst
On Thursday evening there was rioting in Cork. The
mots, exulting over the !Aural victory, paraded tic.
streets with Max rig tar barrela sod bands of muse
They broke the widows of leading Conterestves and
others, sad attacked Richardson's gunsmith shop, the
o•ser et which fired several blank allots, and after.
wards fired small shot, whereby several prawns •ere
woonsted, one wistows seriously. The Riot Act had to
fee road and the military called out before the mob were
airsperstd.
Is answer to • quesCon pat to him at Falkirk. or.
-W.stnesday. Mr. H. roan said be WAS in favour of
• extending the franchise to female householders undo.
• certain circumstamws. He thought the husband and
wife oughi to have one vote between them— (laughter and
-*beers). He would go further and put it in this way
--that whenever the wife woro the breeches —(langl•ter)
—the wife might to have the •nte—(sontinued laughter)
—and that when the hasband wore the breeches he
ought to keep the vote to himself —(laughter and
ohecrs).
Captain John Wingfield King. of Melville, Sligo,
who was shot in • riot during tire polling in that town
on Thursday, wan • rieputrlieuteriant of the county,
and had 'treed she °Moe of high sheriff. It is uncertain
wbetker he did not meet his death by tie aostidental
discharge of his own revolver. The mob 'wailed •
number of voters, of whom be was one, knocking KIM*
down end beating others. Captain King fell, and
pc.sibl, his resolver then went off. All the magiatrates
had arnird theaAllaTtal for ealf-protoetion. The rioting
during the day trru very serious, and the eleitement
uni rec.. dsnted.
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A Wom•Wil 'JOTS Ii DOBLlS.—Daring the polling
In the North City Ward. a woman named Jamie Brow
presented heteelf to record her vote for Pint and
Corrigan. It wee found that her »roe was in the
register, and after going through the form of voting die
wee borne away in triumph by an enthusiastic crowd
of matrons and spinstcrs. who cheered her to the eobii
on her way to Moore-street. This incident may go far
to prove that the Dublin women areas anxious as the
women of Manchester for Parliamentary representation.
A WILL-QC sLITICD CaIrDIDATL—At the Water-
. Cord nominations on Toiredsy. Sr Henry Barron (one
•Si the candidate-) rose amidst Merida cheering, and
• commenced Here lam fresh and blooming as • roe.
I can tell Mr. Holly and bis friend to the right (Mr.
Delahonty) that I am ready, in point of substance and
Intellect mid animal strength, to rile • rale with his
friend— (cheers)—to run • rate—(cheers) —or to sieg •
song with hitn—(obeers)—or to make • speech with his.
—(roars of laughter)—and 1 leave you to determine
who Ls he be the conquer x•--(obeers). (A vole* : " I
woald'nt doubt you faith, yoter the same old game
AO& 4111). Sir Henry then proceeded to reply to mons
queetions, after which (as his merits were undoubtod) lie
-of course veered the show of hands in his favour. It
Is. ho wrytr, a drawback to have to record that he was
defeated at the poll, and the House of Commons will
therefore not have the opportunity of testing his varied
lualificatioos in the tooting session.
Row BETWEEN WILDS CAPDtDaTia.—On Wednesday
-Colonel Somerset, the junior Conservative candidate
attended • ma tied at Aberayehan, and gave a loop
account of an encounter between himself and Colonel
the Liberal candidate, at Abe aaaaa nny, on
Tuesday. He said that, having discovered that Colonel
-Clifford did not support the Free Trade Bill In 1847,
and that most of liii tenant• voted for protection, he
stated his belief that Colonel Clifford used coercion;
that colonel Cl Hord en that called him a "liar," while
the Hon. Clifford Butler (son-in•ltar to Colonel Clifford)
called him • d— liar; thit this sem severcl time,
repeated. he refusing hi retract what he had said ; that
the Hon. Clifford Sutler put his Sat in his (Colonel
Somerset's) foot ; that Mr. Williams, one of Colonel
Clifford's supporters, struck him twice; nod that Colonel
Clifford and his friends hounded • snob of boys on to
attack him. Colonel Somerset produced the poll-book
to support his assertion. The Liberals charge the foul
language to Colonel Somerset.
CLOS. SlisvOlo AT liii POLL.—A curious question
I, pending in Sadatiorg, Pennsylvania. Mr. C. Posey
Thorn, site of J. Williams Thorn. came of age on the
day of October election this year. The Demecrats,
anxious to exclu It every Republican ballot, challenged
his vote upon the ground that he was not born %iota
seven o'clock in the evining, at which time the law
provided that the pulls should Glom. It was
argued on behalf of the Thorn th st the
law recognised no fractions of days, and
that he was entitled to vote even though he hail not
beta born until eleven o'clock arid fifty-nine minutes
p.m. on said day. The Democratic election officers,
however, contended that he must be between the ages
of 21 awl 22 years. and that he would not have reached
that period until the hour of seven had paired. li.l
reply to tois It,. Thorn, men.. asked the affect's if they I
»cognised 365 days and six boors as a year, and they
replied that they did. He then showed that six leap
years had occurred in the lifetime if his son. and
farther mathematically demonstrated that he bail heed
21 Minis 365 days and six hoar', and had 16 hours to
spore. This rather dunib-fouoded the Dernocratie
officer., but thcy ,till declined to aocept the ballot. At
three minutr• before seven o'clock the Republican
lodge took the ballot and deposited it in the boo.
New York Herald.

ILL DlaIILl AT ATLZIMICiT.—The Prime Minister
was on Thursday el, wed without opposition m one of
the three ruenitKre of the county of Burks. The right
bon. gentleman, who wastes& receiveA, c ancyccced his
speech with a reference tai the qucititio of reform. To
the charm that the ectservatives Led opposei a
moderate measure only to carry one of a more sweeping
eharacter, he replied that 'nob • COUrPO VAS rAther
Neritorious than otherwise. They had ogpcorel the
smeller measure because they felt eatiafied that it
could lead to Do mlution 1 a question which bed ,
remained so long unsettled. Then, ta.sing nto speak
of education. he regretted thst the ministerial measure
Introduced by the Iguk• of Marlborough did not meet
with acceptance. for the suby..ct most coon occupy a
large share of attention. Wile °ppm- dto the com-
pulsory principle, he expressed his tpinin that leer.r
should be given to localities to tames themselves for the
purpose of increasing their educalional legalities. With
respect to their foreign policy, which the liberal. 1.54.
said warn the only satisfactory feature of conservative
government, he would still maintain that they had a
just ground for &mating of lb, present state of the
national relations with foreign towers. Mr. Disraeli
dealt with the Irish church conirtverly at some length.
claiming credit for the administation hat they had
acted towards Ireland iii a Pprit of equity. He
preflioted that if the liberal party sumeedeil in dims-
lablishing the Irish church tie results would be
disastrous, and they would live to d-plore them.
Munro!. ELiCTIoII Mar.— At the triatol poriss.nnurc
on Fridsy Mr. W. T. P. Walking, soliot r, of that city,
was brought up in custody under a warrant, charged
with having been concerned in a riot cl.ing eat of the

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late elecitio;, and with baying incited other. CO damage
and deatray the property of a person named 'A'ibiam
Winniatt. There were also similar chatga mainat two
wen of a lo*er grade of society, narnel Jam Cunning.
Lam and George Lowrance. Ur. Clifton etteduct,pd the
prosecutioc, and Mr. Edits, of the Western bar,
appeared for the defence. A great deal of vvidence was
adducted, but the facts may be briefly Mated. In the
(mune of the election many outrages were torpetrated,
and &maw{ other places the boom of Ur. Winniatt,
who displayed • Conservative flag. and the Cvneervative
committee-room at the Hot."ils were attacked, all the
windows beaten in, and other Mintage lone. At
Winnisitt's hone* • lot of confectionery goods wet.
cliestroyed and taken away, and Mr. Wincatt hicnoclf
was assaulted and maltreated. Several wit.. IMMO de-
Cthat Mr. Watkins was present oh horseback,
i•CI ig the Liberal colours on his horse's head, and that
ha ar.s heard dinette', tbe mob to commit the violence,
raying to them, "Go In; don't leave • pane; give them
Bilatol bridge. You hove got breed and cheese, now
get beer; sed other expressions of ercoungement.
One of the mob wa• stated to b•ve attired hinmelf in
the uniform of a police-eonetaltle. The insgistiate
rernanded tbe mewed tiU Tneeday, but Mr. Watkins
wae admitted to bail in the sum of £l,OOO, and • y
to that amount.

ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO AMID' • PAILIMALITART
CAXDIDATE.—The extraordinary etatement made upon
butinp by Mr. Robert Craw ford, the Liberal candi-
d"' for lffirewsbury, to the effect that he had been
offer.l.l 1:800V, retire from tile contest, continues to
excite musti contriverey in the borough. Pending the
prepsrationd hi. sffldavit, Mr. Crawford fully supplies
Ist-ails of the affixed tranasction. He states that on
the dar twooe•sting the nomineton • Mr. Harding
etpie to h, at:ldaltet dementia& upon the annoyancesnd
exposure which Mr. Clement would be pet to if Mr.
Crawford persisted in making hie attempt to break ZIP
the compromise interred into isetwoen Mr. Clement and
ffyr, Png, offered him £0 to retire Tbia U:.Gyve. Harding. I/tweeted
Crawford ileelinvd, and by
the proffered bribe to aoo. when Mr Crawford mid he
would take tbe night to think Most it and that
Herding might call for an answer In tliv Rerunl. Mr.
CT% Ourd states that during the interview be
the idee ehteiniug poeseasion of the CAM, piLyin, it
over to Use charities of the town, and publieling
tratmaction at the hutting; to tbe dimorofitaie th:
Tories. There is no doubt whatever that Mr. timereet
went to the manager of one of the local banks in Me
afternoon before the nomination. and made •Pr•fta,
10•1241 for depositing the awn of 0100 in !la bands in the
names of certain trustee's, and that as hoer on Axed
lon the 111•0114111. te 00 00 11161M1411041t morolog Connotive ,
the money ; bat in the meantime the chairmen of Mr.
Crawford's committee declined tot eve anything to do
with the transaction, and his solicitor also advising him
ones to Mom the negornation, it wee bronght to an
altars% termination within a couple of hours of the
tomination. Mr. Harding does not deny that be had
interviews with Mr. Crawford. at which the sons of
£BOO was mentioned in connection with the election,
but be gives quite a different version of the story.
stating that Mr. Crawford iestructed him to negoeiete
big withdrawal frem the mutest upon receiving the
sem In question. An both Mese nutmeats are
supported by sworn affidavits the ems bas assumed •
ye" pinup. eapeet, mid wit not be permitted to rest
be its present position. It should be stated that
both yr. clement, M.P., and Mr. Figgins, M.P.,
Indignantly den, 511 knowledge of it. alleged
lesairebios.

11.1 t MI. BIS.SIAL 0811013111 WAS BRASIL—Very few
cindidates will accept tb ir oefeas with sic pool tempi
•b oh bee Miro lb-plate I by Mr &owl ()thorns at
Nottingham. 110 ia roe. on 1.1, a; poussis, and
kiwi to the men who hay° rej.ctei him. At the
declaration of she poll on Wooln.s.lay he acknowledged
the popularity of Rir Robert Clifton. and the hieh
standing and local connections of Col. Wright. If the
latter gentleman had other principles he said they could
not have a better man. lie did not like his prineiplee.
hut he ba I somethiag about him that lie did like—and
that was hi. wife I An id the laughter ant cheers of
the crow.!, Mr. I)-borne took the hand . f Ifre. Wright
and !neared It to b a lieu lie then pron.-stied :—" From
the innmeht I 0-w ton 1 th'e h•whoonest, two ot the
bed, two of the moat wincing Irforl3ell in Great Biltain
. Mar into this contest, in the shape. of Lily Clifton an
Mrs. Wright, I wro•si to my wife and said. 'lt is all
1.7 p with me.' Gentleman, we have heard something
of bribery at elections. I mecum you, Mrs. Wright, of
haying won people by the witchery of your smile • I
amuse you. Lady Clifton. of having made your husband
what he is by your winning ways an.l your charitable
baud. Though beaten I am not diagramd. I have
It,. debated by two women of whons I could not fint
the equals.' The House of Commons timid have soareei
many a silent politician better than this Dickens of
debate.

LORD STABLER:HI, M.P. FOR POTTERVILLE,

AND MIT Oa DID Not ADDIS'S HID 00IDITITIDUCTIL

Well, it certainly is unusual. In f•et 1 never hear
of • case of the sort hetet'. But it is • pomtimm• tact
that far I Stableigh did nor address the elector..
H. became M P. for Potterrille in rather a strange
way. Potterwille had sissy. been famous as • Liberal
bormueh, and Lord Stahleigh as. an out-and-out Tory.
The fact was that the Liberals had had everything
their own way so long that they quarrelled swung then,
me' yes for • charge.
[do two Liberal candidates were brought fors ar I. and
the Converwatires invited Lord Stebleigli. Fitakins,
the promoter of the second Lib. ral. an I Mumble, tb•
Conservative agent, agreed to combine, and by time tome
of a half-crown, it was decided that Fitikins and his
Party should support Lord Stableigh. This made his
lIICOVIS certain. and the other two resigned,
reotly to the discomfiture of Tout Hawkins, the agent
for the other Liberal.]
Tom was washing hut hands pensindy in his bedroom
preparatory to shaking tho dust off hia feet against
Potterwilie, when be became aware of • growing tumult
nudrr.hi. window. .

Ho looked out. A crowd was collecting, end all eyes
were directed to the top of the hotel portico, which was
'gorily under Tom'a winilov. Flatenin be face
against the pane he peered down, end then he understood
Ii all. Lord Stableigh oros out on the portico, end wee
going to addivet the electors.
It was too mush for Tom. He eould not endure the
idea of the victors rejoicing over hi. deloat under his
eery nose in this way. It cos not to be borne_
"Hooray ! three cheers for Lord Eitableigh !"
Lnd Eitableigh bowed. and stepping to the front of
the portion, climbed teri:e nod began.
"Elector. and non-clectors of the borough of
Potte reins r _

Bat he got no farther. There was the sound of a
window opening overhead, and then • mild voice
mod
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"Heads bolow—l wont' to apply troy washhand

Lord Stableigh looked op. There was Tom Hawkins
with a benevolent 'mile oil his heti, a basin ol soapsuds
In hi. hand.. /....rd litableigh waited, in the expectation
of i.e ng H•sskins empty the basin and retire. But
that was not Tom's game.
Finding ths water ditl not coca., Lord Stableigh
Peeped out, whereupon Tom mad* a movement that
sent his lordship's head basic again with precipitation.
Mr. Nimble stepped b lily into the haleony.
"Hr. Hawkins, for shams, sir I Such conduct is
positively di.gracelul—diagramiul l"
Alt, Mumble! How cry. do? Quite well! Take
mire, I want to empty this basin—
" You've no tight to do anything of the sort, lir r
. . .

Torn put the Qin down on th-o wincloolit;dio:ond
lookrd amazed.

"No right, Kr. Mumbles ! b this England' Is this
the land of Civil and Religious Liberty? I pause for •
sorb."
" Yee—yee, of swine !" saki Fitskie, eaatiocaly
putting hie bead out, "but, you know, you oan't dolt
—you isn't really."
"Mr. Fitskin," milA Tom, meditatively, "I can recall
no statutel which forbids it. By tbe second and
third of William and Mary every subject has the

" qllte so we know all that," mid Topping, Mr.
Fitzk.oli.ntenant. " Rot. I may, Hawkins, chuck it
down and bare done with it !"

"Whst. upon compulsion r laid Harkins. " Never.
I decline to exerciee my undoubted right exoept at soth
time es shall seem etting to me in the free exercise 01
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"Really. sir," said Lord Btableigh, venturing into
the balcony, " I most prote.t sgainst—"
" What my lord ! Shall I be .teprived of the privileges
of a free Englishman al the dietitin of • clJld•blooded
aristocracy ?"
By this time the crowd had increased, and some
enthusiutic Liberal cheert-.1 Tom's last sentiment.
" I appeal to my countrymen," said Tom, taking the
ene. " Why did my ancestors amemWe at Runnymede ?
What we the object of Marna Charts? Did the illus-
trious Tyler penth • ureic.' martyr in the sense of
prilitical progress' Wu the career of • Cade uselers
to eatabliab:the freedom of every truetborn Briton to
empty b own basi n r
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Lord Stableigh imprudently, stepped forwardl with
the intention of talking Tom down.
"Look out, my lons, here it cowes I' said Tom,
dropping his oratorical t Ale. Lord Stableigh skipped
' back with laudable egility, and TOM went on.
It was for this that Cr tmerell abandoned the
spigot ! It was this that was heralded by the dawn of
the Il.forinatioo I William of Orange loured In Eng.
land chiefly on this aosount And for what object
but this did th• dreg of Smithfield smoulder, and the
dungeons of the Tower drip with dankliug darkness !"
There was a tremendous chesr at this. Fitzkin
th-ught he would try conciliation.
" I rev. Hawkins, my dear fellow, you know a joke's
a joke, but upon my soul now l"
Sir," said Hawkin., tilting the basin in a way that
sent Fitakin in instanter, "Sir, I decline to be cajoled
out of the inalienable rights of sitisenship. It is the
proud bout of a son of this civilized country that
thotteb crowns may totter, and thrones tremble before
the earthquakes of political cries', though czars and
potentates may grog fetters fer and wide over enslaved
national ties, though three-fourths t,f the inhabited
globe sigh in vain for th• blowing' of the penny post,
civil and religions liberty, and an income-tat of foer•
penes in the pound, though empires totter to their
doom and oonstitotions shrivel into ashes—it is, I
repeat, the boast of the males of this favoured isle
that he may empty his basin where he likes I'
"It's illegal," said Topping, thrusting his head :out
and baud, withdrawing it.
"Mr. Topping. you have not studied the illuetrious
Blackstone. Coves est sawn ejuis eat vague ad ea! am,
and of mime on the other band cajws eat 'apse ad
taiest, that Ls to say, the party in the attic efais cot solist
has a right to throw hie dirty water out of the window.
That's the law, sir, and I defy you to alter it."
There was another cheer at this.. The Stableigh
party saw it was useleu to continue the contest, so
they went Is and shot the window, and the only speech
that was male that evening was Tom Hawkins. as I
have reporte I it.
The next day was the nomination. Lord Stableigh
was returned without opposition. When the mayor
, had Jeolared him duly elected he cams forward to make
• fusion. Just at that moment the rain, which bad
I been threatening all the morning, earns done In force.
I Lord Stableigh glanced up involunterily. The action
I reminded some wag in this crowd of the occurrences of
the previous day.
" Ilea Is below, my lord, Tom Hawkins wanta to
empty his basin !"
A roar of laughter followed, which completely un-
nerved his lordship, and what with that and what with
the weather, he broke down and the meeting broke up,
and that's bow it was that Lord Stableith did not
address his conatituenta—From Tow Hood's Cowie
Anntio/Jwlrieh is well:worth the shilling charged for it,
being clever and witty, and excellently illustrated.