The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-11-17 00:00:00

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TI72BDAY, NOVINBER 17, 1868.

A orsttobirc.

THE ELECTION AT DORCHESTER

The Mediae of a member to reresent th• borough.
M Dorehesser is Ike COMORO= House of Parliament
took place on Blomisky morning, at lb. Bhirohall,
the peewees of • largo assembly of the Madam
The reternieg °Moor (J. F. Bodges, Fori.,) arrived
at Mena o'clock, acwompanied by the aldermen and
assiseillon of the borough, attooded by thesergeansir
ahosaws—and the oMMids of the borough Court Lest.
The hos. candidate, and now five times chosen
member (Colonel Start) entered the hall at the same
time, sosompanied by Major Aston, H. Look. Hut,
E. liarneSS, Esq., èø., and he rewind • hearty
greeting.

The Town Cusen (G. BrMonts, Esq..) baying
read the writ, and the returning officer haring taken
the oath that be would act impartially,
J. P. Honors, Esq., seid—Brother townhaten and
election of the boroggli of Borchelt-sr : In obedience
to the writ of Her Medea) the Queen, which you
lave just beard reed, we are assembled to exercise a
most important privilege, that of electing a member
to represent this borough in the Humes of Commons.
It is my duty simply to tell you, geotlemen, that any
elector at this time may be beard, and I can only ite
returning officer express my hope—and to which, I
iun mire there will be no dissentients—that any one
who addressee you will receive • patient and attentive
bearing. You are well aware that on them occasion'
we do not proceed by way of nomination, conse-
quently. in conformity with the mutant custom, it
is my duty to mit does any gentleman offer himself
to represent this borough in Parliament?
Colooel N •rige BTnlur, then stood forward, and
was heartily cheered. lie said—Mr. Mayor, Gentle-
men, slack,, of the borough of Dorcheeter,—ln
aoconianos with the ancient custom of this borough,
which requires every oendidat• to propose himself,
I bog to our myself ass lit and proper persoo to
represent you in Parliament —(applause). It would
be exceedingly bad teat* on my pert if I were hot
to avail myself of this opportunity, of paying my
humble tribute of respect to Mr. IL B Bberidaa,
who, though still, I ast happy to say, in the fall
rigour of life, thought lt desireble to shun the ard eau
duties of the House of Commons—duties which entail
late boars and emulative labour, and which unless be
felt himself able to fulfil thoroughly be was too eon-
mentions to undertake— (hear, hest). I know tmt his
courteous, kind, and emsoiliatury manners made him
universetly popular, and I am sure he carries with him
into his retirement from political life the cordial goad
wishes of all I now address—(bm,, bear). Before pro. I
, seeding to oonsicitr some of the ItaXing topics if the I
day, I will, with your permission, make one or two I
remarks ma what leil from Mr. F. B. Heed le the Coin
Eichatige, and in doing se 1 shall take care to avid
anything having the semblance of personality or die.
respect either to that hon. gs.tleman —who, I believe it
I now seeking the suffrages of the electors of Mid-Kent
—i Ito •iy of those bon. gent amnia who, thou,
opposed t me, c inducted the r opposition in tus
grimiest po sible spirit of fairness. In love, war, sod
polities, all things are sonaiderad to be fair. From the
first 1 haws never suffered ; from the eseund net rimy
much; and in polities! have gene-Ally bees emeedlogly
furMnam, aid, therefote, perhaps I ought not to
complain of the capital which Mr. Head endeavoured
to make from tie fact of my fund, being fortunate
enough to poetess property in the county, sonic of
which is conlignona to this town. I have heard
recoatke midi:about this propeity, and whet! wish to
my, Lod declare most unhesitatingly, is, that neither
at any time in tha past has there hem], nor at the '
primint time is there, nor In the future shall there be, ,
the elighiest attempt at soy undue inhoence ..e the
part of en body to secure guy :cm n—ietheeral. I think
that the char.* s- of those gantleineu whom* him'
enough to 555-4 me pr.develoually is • solloteut
guarautee that nothing wrong will ever be done
—(beer, hear) ; but I have more to my
than this ; 1, the bonier:over port on of the borough of
Vorcheatei wire yed end mapped out, I feel sore
that it would be found that not oue•tentb, I believe
seerody oo•tifkentli, of the bu it-over portion of tee
area b. lonia to any one Proprietor; sad, therefore, I
say, if ever there was any attempt at domination in the
borough, at the very name of coercion the independent
spirit of the people of Dorshaster wciald rebel I and.
were it exercied in my (*voile if others did cot rebel at
it, I am au a I 'should de so myell—(eheers); I would
refuse to g to Parliament as the inenibor lor this or
any other I oraugh unless I felt 1 could do no elected by
the mijority, and fairly repieernting the views of the
I msjoe ty of a, people of this or any other town- -
(.pplane). I 'hint Mr. Head behaved exceedingly well
here. eh. nhi found he la a , chanoe of being elected
he., ire& so el not to pot ti • towd to the turmoil acid
tro be- •co itert, and I beg teeth r my warmest
I themes forth, coura he took—it is what 1 should hae
doou on or a toiler eireumstanosa—(hear, bear). One
can hardly take up • newspaper without seeping
that butes youthful aspiring to moatoriel honours,
in the Liberal interest, deaderas that the COllllO,-
vatives have been the persistent enemies of the
working alms's. Bet I soy it is positively untrue.
The Conservative pail) haa, at times, male • mistake,
sod opt* ed measures which in after yews they have
regretted rediiing ; but Um Mateto book is studded
with Arita, having for their (Meat the suieliora•
tion of the condition of the working *lames, almost
every One Of winch eell compived, brought into
Parliatneet, end nurture I ty the Conservative petty—
(cheers). I think 1 am witbiu the mark in saying
there are 14, 15, or 16 measures eonneeted with the
Factory Asita. Therm Bills were nearly all brought in
by oar great end good Lord Lieutenant, the Berl of
Shaftesbury, then Lord Ashley, and they experienced
the determitied bostility of the Liberal pasty. net is
an insure.* of the Liberal party having mada • mistake
—(appleusel—and what 1 say is this, that infeUtbility
does not belong to political parties, more then to in.
; and when the working dames are told that
the Conservatives have made mistake" in opposing this
or that Bill, I admit it is quite true, bet, on the
other hand, I ask, who °pooled the Factory
Acts? and whit mesaures passed of late yeas
have done more good to the artisans and
working classes than those Factory Acta I—(applaum).
So that, I think, in judies to the Conk ices,
when it is said we hare wads sulatthea, it should be
admitted that the Liberals have into, tePtikes too—
(applens"). I object to the monopoly of tee word
' Liber.l' by &metals pelt, of the state. I call myself
• G•usie relive—l have been born and bred one; but, in
reality, there are Peet, numbets of the Conserv.tive
party .ho are mall mote Liberal than those who call
them-elves laberal—feheere). My detainee of a gen-
tleman is indicated by a parody of en old saying,
"getitlematily is as gebilemaoly dem," and et • &tam,
" Libel al is as Liberal di es"—(laighter and applause)—
and! maintain that there as matey espial Acts which
woad never have ban pawed if they had not been
supported by the Con. readers, and which were opposed
by the Liberal.. A great deal lies been said about the
working-dames having teen abused by the Cooservativer.
I defy any men to point out a single expression which
was writ used by any lesponsible man of the Coombe-
waive platy —I sin not rwspunrible for whet dm a
may have said—but the leaders of the Conservative
party have never uttered a word disrespectful to the
i,,,ena,..daiee--(appboise). The man who is aimed
of saying unkind t .inde of the work eg men is the
Right lion. Robert Lowe, They were his words wbieh
die workiug men throughout the country were addled to
Linln their woi halm it s.. What this It,. Lite*
a • groat friend of mine, I am very fond of him,
egad knew perfectly well that be never intended saying
an mated or dicrespectful wind reelecting the working.
classes, although I We..., Ism for not Lavine to weighed
his words before speaking them thet they mad not he
open to misinteroretation. Mr. Lewd couimenced life
as a Liberal in Atstral,e, not ha. been COSindteet all
his life When be cams, to Etreland he wee she., ss
the Liberal member for Kidderminster, sad &oboe-
quentls for C ; and, about this tuns, or in is few
minutes, I hope well be elected as the Literal member for
the Cariosity of Loudon ;ail will be, I have no uoubt.
though I •m not is the secrets ot the party, if abs
Liberal' come into odice, at the right head of Kr.
Gledstone to the Cahmet—fapplamie). I now come to
the importeht questions of the day—the liieh Chureh,
education, and economy in the public dew- manta
With toter.' to the gist of them I confess I an lost is
astoolalimerit. 'rim Liberal warty have been in pors.r,
with • few happy exceptions of now about
two yeeill, for Reel ly twenty yeen why did
sot they de away with ibis great ioquity, a, it is
culled, of the lri.h obtuse ? How is it ihe ades hare
ortly just fallen hem t.eir eyes, end they see that this
sin amorist Ireland lose gro.s? When they were in
power, with • large Liberal toafority at their back, the
Irish thumb was just as had, wicked, and unite' as
now; and why did 'bey not time venture to did with
it ?—(hear, bear, and a yobs*, " They were afraid they
would be turned out of ales") If they had beeo real,
commentate in the matter, acid truly desirous to
"pluck thne rooted sorrow" from the bread of Ireland,
they should bare thought of it some time ago, and not
hare waited until the (..lonaorvatitee mime into power.
I my that their eonduct in regard to the Irish seareh,
whethether light or %vats, smacks of factioa—(ap•
please). The Protestant choral in Indeed is a strong
mmircliel link betas.° thet country and England,
A great portion of the Irish people, I regret to say at,
but I thiek it cannot be contradicted, desire • roped
of the Union, but the Protestant minority do not
desire It; therefore, I my that on the ground
of expediency it is desirable to suelmrt
that Proteaent minority in this important
and vital ouestios of union or tbrunloo, unless
you may this question is to be decided by the
Irish and not by the Hashish people. I regard the
Protestant °bluish Is Ireland as • garrison of civil
soldiers, deemed to Imperial intereme—lapplaser).
Looking et it from another point of view, I say the
Itnelish people do not love ahstramaraitions, and the
present propose! 'curdles the shunt is en
abstract pioposilon. The Libor.' party say do away
with the Irish ohurch, but they do not tell us what Vie,
are going to do with the money. I believe it is the
intmition of a great 'umber of those who now wish for
the dimstabliabotent of the Irish Mien* to devote •
Forties of the plunder, not to the Popish priests,
bemuse they would not hike it, bat for edueationd
purposes coeseeMd with the Roman eutholie church.
I ani aware that this has been denied by mime, but I
only tell you whet I saw with my own • yes in the House
of COOMOne. When Mr. Altoun, the member for
Kirkcaldy. moved so isetruction taut none of the money
oetained by the dimetabliakoment of the Irish Monett
should be devoted to other than Protestant purposes, '
theme was mach • scene in the House as I hays
rarely idwiihisi.d, The Liberal members anti those
who pull the wires on t:Atteide, crowded ibiie hi. sad
Implored him, for the sake of the party, not to ooze.
promise them, but to withdraw the instruction. If it
were sever omeemplated to devote a poitioa of this
money for Roman Ositholie eduattioual purposes, why
should there have been such &gaiety sosearning that
luirsegios mos. Obi Libssals and the

61 tint party of mune, In answer to my Otteetl°ft
why to. Liberal party eia sot being forward the Iriab
Cbarelle quedio• before, altholigh it has been well
h"_, :Pored to sls gallery, the Liberds said that the date
""Iraod wse Bow such that It became necessary some-
:Ding should be dote. But the discontent in Ireland did
not tries in consequenat of the existence of the Pro-
testant church, that Was oily a mintimestal pitraecey
and the emewite for keeping • large form is that
country is drool, thia—awhen the American war was
oyez that. *ere & number of towing men, half
hutscansers, whom occupation was gone, and who were
Unwilling to settle down to any pewit ful pursuits ;
so
they um* to Ireland to promote a civil war in
that country. The Irish are a very excitable rage -
they are Celts and not &sous—and they listened to
rt tiblhli:st'h"dieishuokb7tirehtenr:ohlrri:ihi.dthsb.bTrcrenfht:Lialt.r.qinwllane.drad m
not eo in it, bu4ryinrotiysalted7a.htle2l,
(applame). 1 believe that the Protestant religion is at
det root of the welfare end prokpbrity of this country,
and I shall never be a pert) to a policy whish hid for
Its Ultimate object, in my opinion, the re-estdolishment
of the dominat on of the church of Boum —(cheerg).
Now I,eonte to another question, which is hard* lees
iellierthot than that of the Irish church. I am unwilling
to dwell too long on the Irish church, for what with
the Itewepatters, teresebee, ho., on the subject, shmet
peerything bag been didtbat can be in regard to it, but
I have not seen anywhere what I have edvaneed on the
subject, sod I thought my views might be aseeptable
to you--(applause). The question of education is •
Wont serious one. The Commissioner, tell us lhat
Scotland is the only part of the United Kingdom which
has anything like a noticed 'Mem of education. To
show the high estimation In winch education is held in
80011seldi lt•PPeers that so lung ago u more than 350
years one of the Caged Scotland, James IV., issued •
royal edict—Kings were more powerful In those days
than they are now—directing that the eon of every
frewholder In his kingdom should go to school from six
to nine until he was "oompetently founded." When
first I read it I thought it meant from six o'clock until
nine, in whieb case the young gentlemen would have
had to get up much earlier than they do now—
(laughter}—but I came to the conclusion that it
must 11181111 that they shcoOd gd to school from
the age of sin node nine. Ihe molt of this is that the
Seoteto as • motion are much better educated then the
People in England or Ireland. There are three rivet
systems of educition, each of which has many peratisanl,
•le, the voluotary, the compulsory, cad the partial!,
compulsory eyeteeth The voluntary minim cahoot be
said to be an entire tocieses, arid, on the other hand, it
cannot be !aid to have failed diagreoefully. One
maims look at criminal returns at the melees, with.
oat feeling it is sad that so many can neither read nor
write, and have never been grounded in the first princi-
ple. of the Christian religion, and thatit has become
Imperative something abould he done to improve the
Present system. The compuleory 'Mein Ido not think
wood do. It may be raid with truth that if the state is
just tied in enforclog compulsory vaccination in ordir
to stay the ravages of the small pox, it is no less
justified in intefer ng in the math r of education, with
a view to staying thou morel dieordels erbieh are
infinitely mote deafly than any which affect the body
(best, bear). That ie a mry plaughle argument,
but I do not think that compul.ory education,
which does err well for police-ridden Prussia, would
be acceptable tote liberty ;nein; people of Eoglan4
(applasee)—th. ref re, I am Moaned to favour amid Ile
0011,01)—• partially compulsory systole, and by Chet I
mean, the extension if the principle of the Puler"
Act., i.e,, say to parents, we don't o itnp- I you to
eau° ate your children, but if you don't chore to do so,
you cannot expect to share the edvantates of them who
do educate their children-40,4mM. 2 think the
'menden of the fromohim ie 'assent) Ay likely to give
an noodled to quest mad a social rioters; and one of
the fink of MOM, will he Musette's, rsep,cting whieb
there am saes to be rival bills introduced. The queo
lion of ec.momy I think is a most important one; and,
I will be perfectly candid with you, and say, I shoed
like to see the army and navy redused as low is
t""'ieteet!r eith safety, •Ithoush I know emit an
opinion is not popular with the offloerg of either of the
furors. It would nut do to Out d rwn the army and ,
ice, too much at ones, or some foreign nation would •
insult us, and then we should be found on the booed of •
our beck.; but I thiuk there his been waste !
in the i tiblie repartmegta. As Inc the Liberela abusing
lb* C. Itss, raises on the subject, and rice nowt.
it r m lid one of the fable of the kettle and pot Gelling !
•.cla uth r blaik—(applame). Both aides ate to blame '
with to g •rd t, this sleet waste of the public money, I
though in respect to for lications less look you straight
in the face because when Lord Pelmerstoo's govern. '
most propoied the expenditure of • large 40121 .1 mosey
for fortifications, an when lem sorry to sat nearly
al the Conservative party west lotto the lobby with the
!supporters of the Government for it is &stool-hies t
see how mirth the occupants of the front benches OR
either side join hand. when it la a question of spending
mosey—l went into the lotby against the proposal,
with II few indepen lent men from both sides of the
House, beaded by Mr. Bernd ()therm, who I UM*
will be elected for Nottingham. So I have nothing on I
my comeienes with regard to the fortifications. The
mosey Miele( been voted at the Inatome of the Liberal
Government, the works were begun, and when the
Conservatives came into power, they had to finish them
end provide the great guns; in shrt, the Liberal, built
wells, and eh, Commended.r a put the roof or
(ieughter and applause)—and I think it is hardly fair to
blame tbeenfor it. ilnebildere,every eminent man on the
Libetal side, had been shooting a very long bow in the
north. He had hem accuieng Sir John Pekington and
other wismbets .1 Go conservatitre Government of gross
extravaganee. He is • very juet man, and I cannot
think how he came to make sueh chaeges. I was on a
committees of which Mr. Childers was the president,
mimetic( the promotion of the engineers and setentitio
corps, which are the right hand of the army, and any.
thing interfering with the efficiency of which would
paralyse our army in time of war. Mr. Childers ,
presided most ably, land we came to the unanimous
resolve to make certain recommendation.. The report
wea laid on the table of the House, awl it went to the
@secret's officer, Sir J. Paekington, the War Minister.
But nothing on earth could induce him to adopt It,
because lee has such • horror of spending publie mousy.
I west to him several times on the subject, but be said ,
he could not adopt the report, it would entail the
expenditure of so manylthousands of pounds more every
year. I replied, what will that matter if we get a
really efficient form? I think Mr. Childers end our
committee were perfectly right, and that Sir John was ,
wrong. If the War Minister has one fault, it is that
of being niggardly is spending the public roomy. I
venture to say that what we suffer Rom in the army
and navy is clerkdown ; there are a multitude
of clerks in the War °Moe, who came more
trouble than enough—(laught- r and •ppletim)—and I
believe it would really he good economy-1 am widens
in Baying it—to give to thou clerks their salaries and
tell them to go about their bminese on condition that
! they write no more letters—(laughter and applause)—
, and I believe it would be a cheap investment—(ais.
: planw)—but the Wsr Offlee is a sort of A apt° stable,
and dime. t to elearope—(hear, bear). If we have a
strains Government,no matter whether C is. restive or
Liberal, they will have to make an inquiry into the
waste in the admttlistration of the army and navy. It
is not the ettr• penny • day to the soldiers which taigas
so mesh money, not the breech.loading rifle., or the
'let artillery, bat it ii the waste of money in the
administration of the army and navy—(hear, hear).
For many pram 1 have always voted against doping in
the army, and I am glad to say it,, now done away
with. I have ado any virtue of this—l never
11/4 asked about it in Dorchester—to the best of my
belief I never mentioned it in Dorobester, to I cannot
be amused of so cot ng In order to catch a few dray
votes ; but I did it bemuse I felt it was not necessary
in times of puce, for refs utory soldiers can be kept in
crier without flogging. When I cone to Dorchester,
I was told by • friend that if I went down to
Fordington, I rhould be hooted. I replied that I should
be Tem sorry to be hooted, that my frierfla in Forlington
had always been very kind and mill to me and I diked
what had mused the change. He said bil;auee I voted
for flogging In the army. To which I said, "W5ll,
that', rather hard, considering that for the not fine or
aix years I have altar, voted against it—(hear, hur)—
and, at last, thanks to the energy and •bility of Mr.
(Remy, it han been abolished, and 1 vote d for its abolition
ag•inst my own pirty—lapplottee). Now I would ask
✓u
to consider feirly and carefully whether the present
GOVrrillnel)t, hove Dot been must able administrator.?
1 eppeel to thou who call thetnwlyes Liberals to smear
this question—Could einything be more euemodul than
the adotioistretion of the present Government' There
has n t been a single breek-down in any one departme• t.
and I most my that perhaps with the eaceptuin of Mr.
Otailrone—wito anywhere is bard to best-1 think the
ivernment will compare most favourably with the
previous adminietration—(applause). Look at the way
in which Lord Stanley has managed the foreign °glee I
Could anything be more stioemsful? Both pert's, is
the State acknowledge that he saved Europe from a
terrible ler in the matter of the Lads tibiae question;
and by is tact, firtumot, and discretion, at the same
time not lowering the dtgnity of the °pantry, be has
sameeded in holding out the olive branch to Amer..,
and it bas been accepted in a friendly spirit— (applause).
He has averted, I believe e danger of what would
bane bees • terrible fratrie; the
struggle betimes the two
crest Moieties of the Anglo Sexes ram; therefore, I
think you will agree with me that too moth 'relit
cannot be given to Lord Stanley is his adminutratiota
of foreign affairs. If you look through all the came,
you will see that they have done remarkably welL
I dare say that in ounrequenee of the question of
the Irises church, party feeling has run m
strong that the credit dna to the Conservative
party for proving such excel'. nt administrators may be
overlooked ; lad it may be that in the course of a few
weeks the Co•eroment will be condemned, but it can-
not be said that they have not governed the country
fairly, suomenfolly, and well --(applause). What more
don anybody want? There was a cry for Reform,
which emanated from the notion !bet too much
Power was vested in the owners of the soil.
That can no longer be said now. I will not
dwell much on this euhject, having the fear
of the meaty members before my eyes, who will
spread to this town next Thursday; for those gentle-
men, though differing greatly in politics, will probably
look through the came glue's at any timothys which
involves the interests of their own own order—the
order of leaded proprietors--(lver, bear). Tbadors, I
will not say that I am one of thou who years ago
thought the power of the owners of the soil was too
meat, bat at any rate, that cannot be said now. Up to
1839 the country was governed by the upper thane ;
from 1882 to 1868 the middle climes, I
believe, priodpally,if not entirely,governed the country;
sod now we have as the (emends, power • fusion a
the three dames. 11th. newly-enfranchised OM be
induced, al I believe they will be, to see that
their interests are Intertwined with those of the other
two dames, I have no fear for the future of Zealand—
(volume). I trust that I shall always find the
electors of Dorchester In the mime frame of mind as
heretofore, and that they will accord to me a fair
end honest support ati one wbo but served them faith-
fully and to the be 4 of his ability—(cheers)—and that
I shell not be &mewed ID the expeetation I bars formed,
that I shall again tarry sway from thia town that honour
I have so many years—l may say for eit many Parlia-
ments—enjoyed. of being one of its memhers —in the
future I tow Lean be bet its sole representative In the
Imperial Parliament —(cheers).

Mr. ISAAC HOWLS persieted in delivering • leas
address, which al basal bad lini :writ oe Greeting •
UM dimples.