The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-04-06 00:00:00

exhibited his hat (which had been No shonefidli 'ual- 1
treated) outside the winde wof his so am, and thieves Pro:
ductive of some little anal element te , by, dthougu
the general feeline of the -inhabitant •is that it was a most
malicious and uncalled-fc r act un t he Part of those who
no wilfully destroyed it.
At quarter-past six. o'clock Sir C meths Whetham spoke
from the window if the &sr Hotel. He was accompanied
by Sir James Elphinstone, and tho iOtaibel and gentlemen
who had hem, with hint on previo us occasions. Ile was
euthusiastically received by the vs It crowd assembled. lie
said they were now approaching t ae day of elation, when .
they would have to tight the hatt le, and say who should
he their representative—(A Vow' 1: " nein.") No ; that :
must not he their man, thy must ally for an Englishman,
and not for a Greek—(a?plause). They would have to
decide between England and Gre we, He had not one word
to say against Mr. Rani persona ly, but he telt sure the
electors would not return him— no. never)—but that he
(the speaker) would be placed at the head of the poll. Let
them return a fellow-townsma a and an Englishman—
(hear, hear). They must conseien tiously vote, and say who
should repreeent thetn—(A Voir I hope an Englishman).
An Englishman would always it his duty, and light for
his country. Ile should much I iked to have !teen all the
electors, but es he had before to ,Id then, he did not hold
with canvassing, and if the y returned him as their
member, when he visited his r ative town he should take
the opportunity of going room . and shaking hands with
them all—(applause). To-mor ow, as he had before told
them, they would have to do :heir duty, and he felt per-
feetly satisfied that they woul. I elect him. He was certain
if the goal John Wesley coul. I come back he would regret
exceedingly that any of his followers should vote fer •
member of the Greek Church —(A VOICE: No soft sane.
There was no oft soap ale at him, he could assure the
in.livi.lual had just spol ten—(A Voice : Put it down
to his ignorance). Ile wouli ido so, and hoped the person
who hal spoken wouldSooll ithow better. Ile asked them
to weigh what he told them, and what they would shortly
hear at the Bull, and they a .ould would find that what he
toldthern would outweigh w hat they would hear frown the
other candidate. Whilst h had been in London he had
haul a few feathers in his • ap--(laughter, and " cock-a,
doodle-do). It amused him to hear what people
said of him—that he bi wasted so much of what he
had done ; he could tell them this, that he could
not only crow on his own lung-hill, but other places also.
The electors of Bridport al iould be proud of having such a
man. Let them away wi' .6 the idea that a man was not
to get on; he had not ow sly got on, but was proud to say
he had assisted the sons of many of the inhitbitatits of
Bridport ;he had placed them in situations, and watched
them hour by hour, and week by week, and endeavour-el
to advance their intere its in life —(hear, hear, and ap-
Plauee). Ile begged to thank them all for the kind way
in which they had reee, mad him, awl Was -11 obliged
for the attention with • hich they had listened to him on
the various occasions hi had addressed them—(applause).
Sir Jaws ELPIIINSTO eilid he was not going to make
• speech: he Was guial ;to spin them a yarn—(laughter).
They had hoard the op unions of their candidates, and be
would remind the Me- tors that it was impossible for any
one to know how they voted. They would shortly go to
the Bull Hotel, where they would hear a volley of Greek
tire, and what they he aril there he would advise this,,, to
put in their pipes and smoke —(laughter). lie really could
not understand how e a many pious gentlemen could agree
in the choice of a cam lidate who was • Greek; he believed
there were good men in every church, but he could not
imagine what made t arm choose a Greek when there were
so many Engin& Lite rats ready to come forward. Ile had
never known but iinc foreigner in the House of COMlllona,
and hint they did no' keep there long. In America they
sabl "Vote early, an I vote often," and he would say to
them vote early, altl ouch he could not recommend them
to vote often. As h * was en his way there he had had a
bill poked into his h nob which set forth that it was the
Tories fault that tl e town of Bridport hal ',ever been
drained; but he he I been told they had never had the
chance, for they ha• . always limn in the minority in the
Town Council. Th• i people of Bridport hail always been
exceedingly kind to • him, and he was very thankful to
them for it. Ile w- mild remind the electors that if they
supported the pros Oat Government they wwild not be
likely to get any Id. inkets. In the town of Boston, at the
present time, a cow illiSSIOn Was sitting, and it Was likely
that town would In i disfranchised through a similar gees-
es that relatin to blankets hut although they would
not get any blanket a, they would get goal sound measures
from the Tory Gov eminent, which would couduce to the
good of the country generally-dapplause).
Some little cont ision prevailed at intervals, but those
intemipting were spuselily ejected, and at the conclusion
of the speeclemak ing cheers were given for Sir Charles
Whetham, and tl ien those assembled proceeded to the
Bull Hotel, to hear •
Mr. RAIL!, Who WAS attended by a room full of ladies
and gentlemen at tachel to the Liberal cause. He was
cerulially received. Ile thanked the eleetors fur the hearty
reception given e him, and he must also not forget Sir
Charles Whethan 4 although lie had advisel him to go
hone, to Greece a 1 60011 as he could. Sir Charles, how-
ever, had been rat ier bar-lon a friend of his —Col. Ilayter
—as what he had e aid about him aud the Crimean war was
contrary to facts, . lie tl ght such a statement ought
not to have been made without good grounds. At the
time of the outbreak of the Crimean war Mr. Ilayter was
at school, and he if i.I not retire from the army till the year
le, when, as he ad ben elected for Wale, he found he
haul not tone to du vote to his Parliamentary duties, and
therefore left the arllll,—(cenfusion, and cries of "Turn ,
him out") It hid also been sail that Mr. Samuel Morley
did nut intend toe owe down to Mitered ; now, he was
sure they all knew Samuel Morley well enough to know
that after lie had p -.mixed to come he would have donee*
if it had been wad de. It was also castings reflection on
Mr. Bahrein, who hail stated publicly that Mr. Morley
was ill, and hal eat • message by him. Sir Charles
claimed their sums wt as a townsman, and perhaps that
dee was good, le it to-morrow would decide as to who
would be their choi, ai--(cock.aoloodleelo). lie thought it
rather strange that : sir Jatues Elphinstene in his speech of
the previous evenin said he haul only just discovered he
was a vote •-no duel, the discovered thiit about the same
time as he did that h e was a supporter c f Sir Charles. Sir
Janie* had said no s. new had been put on, but he (Mr.
Rath) thought it had been put on at head quarters in
London, and that Sir Jaiues had been toll he must sup- I
port any Tory that sy, ain the deli' (a eplause). It had I
sen said he (the speak or) was a foreign sr, hut he would
ask them, did he speak like a foreigner t—(no. no). His
family had been establie hal in England f. irso years; some
Iii 1( years ago, when he tl *ought of solicith is Parliamentary
honours, a special met ha, I been passed ft .1- him, by which
he WM enabled to sit as a member, and he had that act
now with him, and shoe) d tie pleased Is w show it to any
who wished to see it. fie certainly renal derell himself as
good an Englishman as any one who had e ver seed at that
window. With regard te th e drainage of t he town, spoken
of by Sir James. he (the speaker) had • limn told that •
measure brought forward for that purism's, had been thrown
out by the Tories, who haul unseated th ree members of
the Council who were in fay.sur of it. If the nave was so
bad as Sir James made it out to be, how was it that the 1
Tories did not ask for some
_.C2,01.10,000 or £1.000.11n0 to
remedy such a fearful state Of things: id if Sir James
was such a great authority on the subject i t was a wonder
he was not a member of the Admiralty —(1 mar, hear, and
applause). He must tell them that he a as exceedingly
pleased with the result of his canvass; it had been most
satisfactory, and he had been told by those who ought to
know, that there had never been a more successful can-
vass; he believed the voters would be true to their
promises, and if they were it WAS quite oe rtain he would
be returned at the head of the poll. In ems 'lesion, he said
he felt sure the people of Bridport would t 'main true to
the principles they had so long maintained- dapplausek
Mr. JOSEPH GUNDRY said he did not tl link when he
addressed them on the last occasion that be should have
to ask them to listen to him again during the election.
But certain things had been said by the,r ablermanic
opponent and others which male it necessary for him to
say a few words. Hitherto the contest h been con-
tested in good humour and fairness, and he hoped it would
continue tube so conducted. Ile did not complain of the
manner in which his name hail barn used, as it had
been used in goal temper. In whet he had done he had
always studied the interests of the inhabitants of the
town; and he knew they all looked upon him as a friend
who was ready to help them in time of need and adversity
--la voice: " Mow about the whip and the lock I") lie
did not think the borough wanted to be unlocked. the
lock did not seem to him to be rusty; they hal gone on
smoothly together, the utmost good fueling had always
existed between master and man: and as to the whip, it
to his mind, a very soft whip, if one had ever leen
u It was too dark for him to see who made that
observation. hut he did not believe it was a working man
—(applause and confusion). Sir Charles had spoken of
the great honour he should confer on the borough if they
returned him, and of course if he so honoured them they
could not expect to have much kindly feeling from Sir
Charles after he had conferred such honour as he talked
about. Sir James was most esteemed by him (the
'maker) he seas very sorry for and iiitied
tt gentleman for the course he had had in
adopt At the outset he gut a young Scotelnuali
to time forward, and supported him, but he having
retired, by the application of what screw ha eould not say,
Sir Jamnei. was rempelled to alter his tactics altogether,
and suppott Sir Charlee—he (the speaker) thought the
Carlton whip had touched Sir James, for he was a man
whose principles were so well foundal that greet preemre
must have been brought t w time to bring about what had
been accomplished. Sir iallleS haul spekett .4 reactionary
meneures ; it seemed to him (the bieakerl that their
Tory friends had been uncommonly quiet of late; pussy-
cat like, they had kept their claws in, but if they
gave them a little more power their tiger PruPetusitiee
would be shown, and the temple of Engkeel wouid
for it. Ile holeel the contest would he continued and
ended in the pleasant manner in which it haul been own-
meeee•A end unit good temper would he sustained throuh-
mit. lie felt sure the electors of I iridpert woul.l keep to
the promises they haul given, and if they did.), the return
of Ins friend Mr. Ralli was as certain as that he stood at
that window speaking to them--(tipplause, and dissent).
It was no use for the Tories to fight Against the fact—
they knew they were nowhere—(applause).
Prolonged cheers were then given for Mr. Ralli, and the
crowd promeded to the Greyhound Hotel, where,
Mr. NOLYOLK again spoke. Ile told the electors he was
about to speak to them seriously—they had listened to
enough twaddle already that evening, and he was going
to try to put boinething into their brains. Ili* health was
not good—it haul been lost in Bridport in fighting for the
geed ef the Conservative cause—and he therefor, ticeal
is friends would give Itim their attention. lea shout
half-an-hour Mr. Norfolk spoke, treatiei thneus gees.
thins in a most exhaustive inar.na, and dwelling par-
ticularly ion voting by ballet ; he did not ap-
prove of the system, as he held with every Eitglish-
man going boldly and openly and voting an the
fare of it all. There was no fear, however, that any
one could know how they had voted, and he advised Use
working men to vote early, before they haul a chaece
visiting the public-house. Ile should be ready at any
tiwue on Wednesday to give any advice to voters on
the subject of voting, and would speak publicly every half
hour if necessary. Having answered a few questions he
wished thew assembled good night, and the creed dis-
penaeL
Mr. Foster's band played in front of the Bull hotel
during the evening, but there was scarcely any excitement,
in the town.
Early on Wednesday morning a poetic effusion, untitled
"A Conversation between a Liberal and a Cunsersldiee.
was issued, of which we quote the concluding verses:—
We want thee° men who Wok ahead,
And keep up with our needs
Who helped the poor to get cheap bread,
Let's fudge all by their deeds.
11 Edinburgh ean wed a Greek,
And English Bishops ts•
The friendship of the Emotern. omit,
Who, harm for me and you:
But on a broader basis *tend,
We've fought for freedom oh
Then rally round the pe.eires
With Litiral flag aloft.
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salt anxiety manifested by his perta,,,,,ii
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