The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-12-31 00:00:00

POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.

/11ZKTINO or PARLILMENT. —lt is understood in
°Send qusrters that Parliament will meet for the
deit•atch of business, on Tuesday, Jsnuary IL It
stands Ireeogeril until Tuesday. January /th.
Tue .. -rw 11.1" S.—Mr. Harry Pelee Verou, the
newlodeeted Member for the leistern Division of
Wete.stershire, in the place of Mr. J. 11. Foley, is
the voubger but only ours icing eon of the late Thomas
T. •Vi. roue, E.. 1., of Ilsobury hall. Worcester. He
was educate-I at Harrow, under Dr. Vanillin, and sub.
se ,tiently at Magdalen College, Oxford, where I.e
Irwin:4,4 II A. 1., ISA& Mr. Tensors is • niagistrate
and deptity•heutenstit for his native county, mid repre-
sents one branch of the family of Lord Vernon and of
the Vermots Iliitore:nak. Staffordshire. He Dow
enter. Perli..ittent for the first time.—Mr. Williatu Cox.
the lately chop, Member for Finalowy, is no strsoger
to St. Stepliett's, totem, represented that coestiteency
in the adtanced Liberal interest in the Perliament of
1857-50 Ile it the son of a London solicitor, Mr. William
Cos, horti in 1817. Ilsving received a private education,
lie was adistittssl as • solicitor In the year 1810, and bow
been for some years • member of the Common Council
of London. He msrrissl, in 1810, Emma, daughter of
Thema§ Anxell. Esq., a solicitor of London, in large
practice. Mr. Con, a our reeler. are aware. ftilwl
to
secure his re-elechon at the Isst thasolutlon, being 101 l
in a minority by Sir. S. Morton Peto ; I.e in deacribetl
es being in favoor .1 seiliesl ref , great retrenchment
in Chard. awl Sate. the al.-Whin of l'hurelerstes and
Hewes endowments, short parliaments, vote by ballot,
lar;;e extension of the franchise &moue the operative
eletss. awl the equalisation of electoral distncte.—Mr.
J.. 1111 10r.11,1, tIIM 11V.IV-eleCl,4 /11 P. fur Ihrkirnhevl. is a
~on of large local influence in that newly enfr inchised
winstiturocy, where he 11.1f1V1.111P.1 for ntany years as the
head of the eminent firm of Mesons. Lord and Soon.
merchants and shipbuilders. from which lie only retired
a few Os ago. Mr. loind is the eldest son of the
bite Willie.l, Lsird, Esq.. and brother of the Isle Mr.
1111relor Liird. the gentleman to ahem the nation is
so largely indeided for the opening up of the interior of
Africa by explorstory expeditious and the continence-
nient of Afrieen means of commerce.
Mr..lnbn laird w4a horn in 1804, mid was educated at
rhe Rotel Inetitetiou, Literpool. Ile is a inagisttate
and I)cituty Leittensitt for the County of Chester, and
a magistrate for the borough of Birkenhead, where be
"illresbles. He has takes the greatest interest in the
Volunteer movement in his oeighbourhuod, whore he
owns considerable pro,erty, rind is much napeeteel. Ile
low also dnion the attention of the public and the
Government, in some able lettero addressed to the
Times, to the elefeucelese cite of the coasts at the
meet!' of the River Mersey. Mr. Lsird msrried, in
1829, the third daughter of Nicholas Hurry, EN., of
Liverpool, by sliorn he lois • fsmily of five sons and
seven daughters. He is returned an. Liberal Conser-
vative, +-loch means, we supleise, a general sopporter
.d I,oed Derby. witlinet pledging himself to eutire
agreement to that statesman in matters of detail.
Her ItICARSTATION or OirOaDNHllll.—lt is now qnite
settled tied Sir. 11. W. 1/ashwool, Bart.. of Kirtlington
Park, will offer himself to supply the yummy occasioned
by the death of Mr. G. G. Gareourt. There is not
likely to be any opposition to his return, as both
Liberals awl Conservatives are equally well satisfied with
Sir. Henry, and are disposed to wend* in one who.
declining to pledge himself to any party, is satisfied with
the peewit' Administration.
Norerfxcflau El.ecriov.-51iia election took plate on
Friday last when the number) polled were,—Sir
Vlifton. 2.546 ; Lord Idnents, 1,144. Both were
Liberals, hut the successful candidate was the more
advanced, being in favour of the ballot, the abolition of
church rates, and a large extension of the suffrage.