The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-06-14 00:00:00

EXCHANGE.

An enthadesetle meeting of the Liberals of DOT
theater was held it the Corn Heehaw on Wednew
day. Since the lest election, Liberalism has been
slumbering in Dorchester, but this gathering awakened
It to all its old vigour and energy, and showed it to
be as powerful as ever. The proceedisots throughout
were of • most orderly kind. Mr. Montague Guest.
M.P. for Wareham, had promded to attend, but he
was enable to he premise and his place was occupied
by Mr. M. Dayenish. He was supported on the
platform by Mr. Horses Davey, ld.P. for Christ-
church, Mr. C. R. Butt, M.P. for Southampton,
Hon. Captain °Neill.. Mr. Carey• Batten, Mr. B.
Jameson, Dr. Aldridge, the Rev. T. Nears, Mr.
Foesset-Lock, Mr. Arthur Lock, Mr. M. C. Weston,
Mr. Peard-Jillard, Mr. Davis, Mr. L Tilley, Mr.
fitidtland, and others.
Dr. ALOUD:IL who was resolved with applause, was
very sorry their chairman, the member for Wareham.
Mr. Guest, had not yet arrived, but they would not
keep the meeting welting, and would put in the chair
a gentleman who would be received with the greatest
poedble pleasure, and be a very good one. He proposed
Deressish take the chair. (Applause).
) .
Mr. DIVZNISH, accepting, remark is duties were
only temporary, and he had simply the pleasure of
introducing the member for Southampton. ( Applause).
Mr. Bow, M.P. for Southampton, confessed that
when be came into that ball he did not expect to be
called upon to officiate quite so summarily; he
would rather have had the pleasure of hearing Mr.
Guest. The subject he was asked to bring to their
notice was " Liberalism and the Liberal Party, coupled
with the present Ministry. (Applause.) Before
glancing at the present position of Liberalism and the
Liberal Party generally, it might not be out of place
to look a little nearer horn* and consider what the
future prospects of Liberalism are in this borough.
I Of war" they all knew his friend here (the Hon.
Captain Greville) was beaten at the last election- (no,
no)—btit he made a very good fight—{bear, bear}--and
idiom we considered what occurred on that o..caelon,
sad compared it with what happened some nix years
before, there was no reason why those who are, he
took it, chiefly Liberaishere to-day—why the members
of the Liberal Party in thie borough should be &moors
lyed_Fle found that in 1674 the present member,Mr.
, polled 363 votes, and Mr. Head, his opponents
Pmodts7233, thus there beings majority of 130 far the
gentlemen who was than returned and who continued
to represent the borough ever since, and be slurp seed
moat continue to represent the borough till the next
election, though the speaker did not think he would do
so when that happened. (Hear, hese.) Well, be was
returned by a majority of 13) in 1874' but last year
what happened Mr. Bryrner Inc, eased the number
of his VAIN by 11, making 374 last year the Tory vote.
But the Libeeals 23$ In 1874 had become 332 lint year.
In other words the Tory majority in the borough had
diminished from 130 to 42. (Voice: It was • false
one.) That wee not worth discussing; it counted, and
Me. 1317111• T was returned, and there is no need for
diecenragement, beams if the progress of Literal
opinion in the borough advances in the same ratio dur-
ing the next few year., as it has during the poet few,
the result must infallibly be that there must be a con-
siderable Liberal majority when the next general
election conies. And he taw no reason why the Ore-
grew of Liberalism should sot advance in the future
as it has in the past, and believed the whole will
become more Liberal. It has become so already, and
moollections of the I IsM will not tend very much to
the advancement of Conservatism ; It will be long
before the 'nasty forgets the entire neglect of the last
Government with re.peot to home politica, coupled
with its meddling and mischievous policy abssad, and
the oostatry will do more and more justice to the
Government whom itelaced hi Power at the lad
election, and he beliesuthat Mr. Gladstone'. ',cord
In the future will prove to be not inferior to that In the
post, and that, when be has enjoyed the same
opportunity as on former teecasions, be will hare passed
other germane not less important and beneficent
than those with which his name was conamted at the
long swam The major did not weeder that some
MettPleekthmeni was bit by the more advanced