The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-11-25 00:00:00

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Tau ii 11113161111 101 SALISBORT.—The Liberal
members for talisbury addrused their supporters on
Wedseeday night at the Huoliton.halL Dr. Roberts
presided, and the ball wu lilted. The galleries were
ciacepiod with ladies The Chairmen charged the Coo•
sersidives with having isterasspted to desele the oyes of
the Liberals with views of • promised lead, to widolt
they could hops to lead them. Dr. Lath expreased
himself In favour of weird improvise's., a every kind,
sod said that be had endeavoured to keep himself
abreast of public opinion en all Tuitions &fleeting poll-
tit:oil progress, The Government was, be thought,
entitled to the admiration of the coustry for having
pseud meaaures which to Tory Government would
vesture to repeaL The Liberal party bad greatly im.•
proved the position of the underetratom of society.
They bad before had such a Government as that
of the last sve years. It bad recogni.ed the rights of
labour, it bed opened the Univeraitiee to the petiole, It
had sought to soften the asperities whisk had vexed
Ireland, and be thought that sushi Government ought
not to have been sallied of "blundering and plunder.
leg" by the leader of the Oppoeittoo. It has bailed
with outhusium and delight Mr. Bright's astern to
office. The policy of the Tories wee • negative pallor,
• poilcy of stagnation. The Liberal poliey wee joss the
revere,. Bpeakiog on the question of education he
said it wes the duty of the State to tuna., ltoOlf to
secular education. It was not Its duty to provide re
-
!igloos education. That was the duty of the parente
of the children and of the Welshers of the various
religious denominations. As reg•rded the disestehlish•
meat of the English Church, he maintained that
Parliament had • decided right to take the matter In
band, although the question might not yet be quite
ripe tor action. If sewer. the feeling of any great
number of his uestitnente that the Church of ghgland
warn Injurious to religion and that it tended to Coolest
animosity, that he for one should not look forward with
dismay to the diesetahlishasent of he English Muth.
II• wee in f of women's suffrage, and should be
prepared to vote la favour of the PorlialladV• Bill. Me
Alfred Seymour referred to the Irish ebureh Act, sod
said he thought ths large maj lily of the people elthis
country now saw the greet ioj,istm• that behind was
labounug nodes No future Minister, he wee sure
would dare to attempt to replace the church which bad
been dissetablietted. Ti,, Lied Aot had also worked
well, hitherto, and would. be believed, work better is
the totem As regarded the abolition of percher., be
had never sue sash • factious opposition as was offered
to that measure. He only wished that the Cluaisellor
of the Ezehequer Woad off the bill at ones. It wield
have been better than throwing it over • series of
years. H• was strongly in favour of the Ballot Act,
Other speedier; followed, sad votes of confider+oe were
pared.
With—The will of Mrs. Charlotte newsy, late of
Salisbury, wad proved, on the 31st ult, by the Bev.
Hoary 'flows May sad Lieutenant-Colons' Bichsel
John Rowlendue, the executors, the personal est•te
being sworn under £49,000. The tostetris bee
bequeathed to the Bell•bary Association of the Church
Missionary Society sad the Mush Pastoral Aid
Society £5OO each; to the British and nudge &Ole
Society cad the SoUsbuy leliroury £3O sash; and
snob legacies its directed to be paid, free of Fogarty
duty, within three salmi& moriths after bee
defter*.