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

"To the Elution of the It .rough of Ilritlport
. . . .

" Fcm.ow-Towessics,- -At the last cla-tien the 'Conservative
candidate ceuld net get 100 pnimisaa. The first step to us.
locking the Demmek has been taken. Ti the tan independent
electors who have this day spontasiceusly recorded their votes
In my favour, I tender my sincere thanks. The 010 vrho toted
the other side I leave M the hauls of the "consistent" Mr.
I Joseph Oundry, of whom, and some ethers, I shall shertly
have something to say. I have for Lrtidoti tminorrow, and
shall confer with my legal adviser as to what steps shall be
taken with respect to bribery, intimidation, kg, ' ke. I con-
clude the four presiding "dicers at the variens tsmths were
selected in consequene. .1 the strong political opinions ther
held. This may de tor ltridport, but, in my opinion, would
Inet elsewhere be attempted.

" Yours fAithfolly.
- t'ussursi Wurnux

" Biidport, 81st March, 1,5.
As may be expected the igiAlle of this production caused
considerable excitement This was the first that had been
heard of bribery or intimidation, awl, in justice to the
electors, we feel bound to utter our protest against such •
charge being brought. We do not believe there is the
least foundation for such a statement, and we doubt not.
that Sir Charles will yet repent that he has thought tit to.
bring such an accusation against those who he was so.
fond of addressing as his fellow-townsmen before the day
of the poll

--17;aTe;-irr the afternoon Mr. Itaili issued a handbill..
returning thanks for the honour the electors had conferred
upon him by returning him as their membseiif heir.
merit. and also fir the emphatic way in which they had
proved that the feelings of Bridport still remained.
attached to the Liberal MUM:.

FAREWELL AZ/MM.:A OF R. RtLLI.

At six o'clock on Thursday evening Mr. Belli wee
announced to deliver a farewell address to the elector&
In the room at the Bull Hotel, from the window of which
the hon. gentleman spoke, there were --Mr. and Mrs. J.
(Sundry, Mr. 11. (Sundry, Mr. J. I'. F. Gundry, Mr. T.
Coll.'s, Mr. W. Colfox, the Mayor (Mr. C. Tucker), Mr.
and Mrs. G. IS. Earns, Mr. and Mrs. E. Leggin, Mrs,
May, Rev. F. J. Austin, Major Swain, Mr. T. H. Edmund;
Mr. C. Edmunds, Mr. and the Misses Howell, Mr. N. IL
Loggin. Mr. and Mrs. Hood, Miss Gale, Misses Swatheld,
Miss Sherrill, bliss Ilaycraft, Mr. Andress, Mr. J. Patton.
Mr. Ward, Mr. Norfolk, dc.,
At half-past six o'clock there must have been at least •
thousand persons assembled in the street, awl Mr. Haiti,
on stepping to the window' was received with prolonged
applause. Ile "aid Gentleweii,-When I asked you last
night to conic again this evening to hear me speak a few
words, it was not my intention in any way to refer to the
past, because I thought it test we AIUUId 1104 as
we had had a fair tight, and I bad won--(cheers).
But about a hour since an extraonlinary production
was pet into may howls, and I will read it to you if.
ou like, but I suppose you have all seen it-f" Yes").
(The
production referred to was the bill issued by
Sir Charles Whetham, which we bare before
Continuing, the hon. speaker said,- -What Ia . U. say
ItellllBlllloll, AA your newly-elected member, is tfohh f foak
the bill is not only au insult addres,.ol to the whole „ow.
stituency of Bri.lport, which I take much at heart, but it.
is also an insult to ine as your representative -(cheera).
In the first pla o there is an allmoon to ley friend, a
gentleman who I oat proud to call by friend, Mr. Joseph
Guidry Aloud cheers). What that allusi ~,, means I do.
not uudendand, but as Mr. Guivity is in the room and
will speak for himself, and want, no one to protect hini
I shall leave him to deal willa it himself -(cheens). Alf
I can say is that the allusin passes my ken altogether-
(near, hear). Without allading to the other allegations, I
think Sir Charles Wlwithain has made them very 1111101 On
the same beetles, foundation as he did those he made with
reference to Colonel Hasler in his speech--(cheers). I am
of opinim, that when lie thinks better of it-when he gook-
to I outrun, he will louder over his parting shaft, and that-
he will see reason to withdraw what he has stated -(hear
hear). I should have been exceedingly scrry to have said
anything of the sort, and I ran also think Sir Charles will
soon regret it-(a Voice : " lie didn't know any better,"
and laughter). Mining said encugh about that, perhaps
we had better et., OU to another subject about myself. You
have done rod Elie honour to elect me MX your representa-
tive, and) take it, front that. you agree nith the exprmi-
1i.,145 of my political views made here a week ago, and
which I have since repeated to the different electors I
have visited, and to these who have asked me opinions. I
MILK much amused to see • paragraph in a paper sent tout.
from London, and seen I dare say by a great many other
residents in Bridport, in which I was called " • washed-
out Liberia •-(laughter, and a voice, "You don't leek like
it now Sir.") I an. exneedingly sorry to be called n
washed-out anything, but I don t very much mind it.
seeing the place I oeccupied in the polling of yesterday-
(cheers). In iii' speech before I becan lily canvas+, I told
you I was in favour of moderate Liberal views, and /
supiane these are called "washed-out* (" no, no"). I
don, t know what the paper meant else, as that is the only
thing to which I can attribute the assertion. What I
repeat to-day as your ineuiter is what I said at the beginn-
ing of the contest. lam man • ,I. Mr. Kirkmanliodgsoa
to you, who, I hope, will not get the oles of
omnibuses may be down upon nie quicker thank ex.pect,
but I hope to get out of their way altogether, or to nunp
on the box and help to drive them--(laughter and cheen)-
I think the army on the Liberal benches of the Horse of
(foramens is composed of two classes- one class goes ahead
as the scouts, looking for new enterprises, and the other
class keeps matters straight, and are not expected to
advance so far-(hear, hear). I should consider myself a
bold man if I ran ahead and told them what they ought to
do, and what they ought to reform. In my lodgement my
first business mutt be to learn the practice of that Houle,
and to get myself up to the proper standard before I
• take an active part i its deliberations-tcheersh
; I hope I may be a useful member in s quiet sort of was,
and discharge the great trust you have put in my hands.
I think in England moderate Liberal views have been now
Proved to be correct, and (feel this more so, when I con-
treat the position. of England with that of • brilliant
country across the water-France. You know that fie
years ago a treinendoes explosion occurred in that
country, severing all that bound up Liberal principles, and
destroying all that was true and sound, and ever since
that time Enlace has been trying to establish a stable form
of Government, all to no purpose. Dynasty succeeds
d republic follows republic ; but if you asked a
tnrcti and
he would say the same corruption and vices
thnt existed sixty years ago exist still, and nothiad hal
been changed except forms and names. And what did
this originate from I Why, the sudden outburst of eighty
Years ago-(hear, hear). England happily has never
ex, Perienced any such national calamity ; but I ask you to
°auk back sixty years and consider whether every man in
the land has not bettered his position, and whether every
institution is not far stronger and improved since thaw
days-(cheers), I can confidently assert that the position.
of every man-from the highest and richest Duke dow&
to the poorest and most hard-working man-has been.
improved, not by any revolution, not by an abrupt changes
bat by that constant, gradual, and steady MMus,in 5W'
affairs which characterises the Liberal Relief -Wes