The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-05-11 00:00:00

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Mr. Taevaxios: I
August and rieptetolier are the principal gown e,....,
bathing months, od n sh. ul.l hke for sote.thing to be
done before that time: Ido nit want the in dt.d. to die
out; and if viii will give me come .1 a 'l3 to t'3) ?undo of To fite Effitor.
yr-cede:a, I will 112,Va that rho A, hi 5d.0.t...i. Tit re
thin -s can well be d.se..s...Ld eta epart-rly uniting. Some years have now elapsed since I visited this
The ()tun : The moment you do Vest 7.0 inuat incr..** locality. and, as you may implant), I fin I * isonsider •
the rate'. We are now u httg tip n., ,to 0.% 1,.. .od if
ably ch.i,,3,,1, iii furl, I hive great difficulty fu
the question of bstbs is eartiol out, it A 011.11 in, i 0W0541140
with
iThat/al
et iII .1 town of 1' .1, with its
to PSI it trif of lhr pn.sent r 4, .ta UM tadrioued an *Miro tied
The Mayen: If 'ao wan' MOO. w., cm boric for it.
come to revisit it I find at a vary exciting time, um' I
borrow.
The CLERK: According to this Act jor do no! t.q.n.,. to vt...nt tiat l rernetn'ar el twenty years agd. I have
Tim MMus : But! th.nit we c eght to do P. still sea that party feeling runs as high as it did in
11:44:ett)i". taintittritt4,',
Mr. Wanner! said if his recollection *erred him tight days gone by. I bat as I am no politician, or rather,
, kli_ee made application for arrant of • loam of the Ladies' ' belongtoneither part]. I must reliant from exprees-
Walking Yield, promising to build a b With* plane there, ing any sympathy with either Whig or Tory. It strikes
and Sir Ivor said "I will save the ratepate.• the tynn 'se Me however that it would as greatly to the advait-
d putting up this place, I will do it mis.df," but the of the b.:rough lithe.. party SOW were abolished,
people • park and bathing place will be deferred till further age
consideration. Well, they had given liim time for con- inasmuch as I sea that they tend to estrange
4kb:cation, he had made a • .ry anon job of what be had those, wh . might otherwise be on the most friendly
taken in band, and he thought it would be very tent Octal terms. I sin glad to find on the other baud,
to the town, and it was very nordide if Sir Ivor was that the idea of au election petitmo has been
place'a of comingt
he soornt.
reminded now of Ii • prorni,e, he might .. yas s..ao as the abandoned, as an expose such as took place
genera work was finished he would erect a bathing place
there. He thought soother application should be made arthe recent one, i.e by. 1.... means • desirable thing for
with regret, that cher.: is still lurking in the minds of
nonirrtwdlionhairit tihtewtsiroulurodrmabeerright and proper for the Corporation some of the liberal party, a wish that electoral
to do it, and
dd
if
ititehree
Be existed us of to lee repeste4, i near, and that too somewhat
matters should be carried further, and that many
Yr. TilsvatalON: Sather than let the matter fall through electors are in fitycnr of shewing forth, in the dark's*
I would now move the adoption of the Baths and Wash- of colour, the electoral misdeeds of wicked Toole,
houses Act. dating back for several elections. That the town
Mr. Wismar : Oh no, not washhouses.
Mr. Maranon : You cannot separate the two. appeareto we purifying I have, no doudoubt,whatever ;
The Marna: There is no need to adopt the Act as the stall prior to taking such a headlong leap as the
baths way be built. borough would take, if any of its electors prayed for •
Mr. Mayan** : I would propose we have a town's }Loyal Commission the matter should be carefully
meeting and les what ii the opinion of the ratepayers weighed over by the most sapient heeds of that party
upon the question.
The Guru: What will be the effect of a town which now feels so much aggrieved.'s meet- ,

ini
TnevalstOrl : It will strengthen our hands in adopt-
ing the Act of Parliament. There msy be many people
who would say "I do not want it. I don't wash." (A laugh.)
After • few other remarks the subject nropped.
Mr. TIIIVAIIIOII remarked that as one as he had the
honour of a «sat at the Council he would bring it up at
every opportunity.
The Council true then formed u the Quay Trustees, and
• number of amount' were presented and ordered to be
paid. It appeared that the town &cigar bad earned • sum
,o .1330 besides the work done to the borough, which stun
went toward her meta

The inventive genius, which is so characteristic of a
local oontemporary is, find, agsio paraded before
the public, and the editorial dreamer produces, as a
dainty morsel of news for his limited number of
readers, the fact that Mr. A. Belson is anxious at
some futons date to contest the borough. A more
perfect hallucination than this could hardly be con-
ceived, and all who know the gevtleman alluded to
will at once wonder that more reliable informatim
than this knot found room for.

_
The name of Mr. Samuel Laing haa been again
dragged before the electors of Poole in connection with
the Paraguayan loans. I thought that the hatchet had
been buried,and that we had hoard the last of Paraguay.
I think it • pity that old sores should be rubbed up
now that everybaly ham made up their minds as to
what those loans were. -

havingPoo
as
01
a CONSERVATIVE .eiV decorated Af y DEMONSTRATION..thi
flagsai:igstnood
the
first visit of Mr. Schreiber since his election as mem-
rdu,iri lfh.,ri,ronour o
bee of Parliament for the constituency. A prooession
consisting of several hundreds of people, all wearing •
profuse supply of bine ribbon, about forty horses
with riders, and a similar number of vehicle., assembled
at the Market-place at two o'clock, and having
marched through the principal streets, headed by the
several local bands, proceeded to Parkstone, where
Mr. Schreiber was met. The carriage containing the
hon. member and Lady Schreiber was then drawn by
a host of workers, who were no doubt secured before-
hand, and the procession retraced its steps to town,
and haring again traversed the leading streets pro-
ceeded to the "ladles' walking field," where a tem'
porary platform had been erected. On the platform
were the leading Conservatives of the t own.—Mr.
Dugdale presided.
Mr. Sammy*, stepped forward amid vociferous
clematis, and said : Ladies and gentlemen; electors of
Poole, and my constauents„—(hear hear)—it seems to
me, may I sup that it also seems to you, a long time
since we . If we measure the interval by the num-
ber and the importance of the events which have been
crowded into the last four weeks, we have indeed been
LTgfor an age. A Conservative Government. strong in
poort of a compact majority, and strong so far as we
could judge by the 'Meet indications, strong in the con-
fidence of the country, has made way for a Liberal Govern-
ment still stronger in the support of a still larger majority:
if only that majority shall prove compact. Within the
=modules esti ti on—Baughter)—bas been prepared at Poole
against my return; it has been forwarded to London, it
has there been carefully considered by gentlemen !anted
in the law, it has been returned to Poole again —Belichter)
—it Ina been signed by six eatemarees--Bauehter)— fee
Immediate presentation. it has been returned to town
main, it hes been announced in every organ of the London
wee, and it wag ready for presentation, and it has never
been presented at all. (Leughtor.) The fact is, gentle-
men, it we may trust the authority of the Pools
Herald, that this egg which has been alluded to
with so much cackling was presented to Mr. Waring to
hatch—Gaughtere—and he with rare discrimination pro-
nounced that it was addlowl—(renewed taught/l)—end
gentlemen, do you wonder by the recent experience be had
of petitions in an esafeio way that it was so.
gentlemen, though not least, your old filen Sir Ivor
Bertie Guest, has been reined as Baron Witulurne sod
Canford, in the county of Dorset, and surely theist topic'
are not wanting to me, if I may address to you a few
remarks at this our means. I regret. gentl, men,
that Lord Wimborne is not able to do what Sit Ivor Guest
would hove been so glad to do. to join you in the celebra
tion of your victory. We may regret that fat,', hot w e
must not regret the cause; rather we shall congratulate
bins with haying shown by four contested elect i ins within
six years his honourable ambition to enter public life, he
haa received by the favour of the Croon that ~trance
to it which the constituents withheld. (Cm-em.) Also
we shall rejoice that in his high character and his great
abilities he will now be enlisted in the public support of
those principles which we hold true. You who hear me
will rejoice at the honour which has teen psid to the
president the Conservative dearaistion of this town,
and if I, upon tele happy Oft speaking upon
the scene of Sir Ivor Guest's last act of muuificence,
may breathe • watt for an old friend under a
new name upon the one hand, and for those
whom lam noir proud to call my constituents upon the
other, it will be that they may lone know how to charts&
the relations which now subsist between them of reciprocal
good-will. (Cesare) Now, gentlemen, I admit that the
petition against my return was not presented is to me •
source of unmixed delight. (Hear, . hear.) You will
understand that If I briefie retail to you my political
antecedents. In the year 1850, being at that time what Mr. 1
Disraeli once called "young and tetra," I assaul.ed the
great Liberal stroughnel in the West of England, the
town of Cheltenham, ud was reetileed by the narrow
majority of 12 votes. lasat down fairly before that niece
and studied its approaches, and in the y..ar 1965 I
aersulted it again. (Hear, bear.) I was then successful
Iby the narrow majority of 28 votes. My return WY
petitioned mainst, but in an enquiry which extended over
I six days I succeeded in defending my seat. Perhaps then
yes will understand after them heroic efforts I wanted •
lOW's rest, ea at the dissolution of 1809 I retired from the
' Rouse of Commons, to re-appear main is the general
gladiola of 1880 (), voice : flops you will do good.) Mr.
Schreiber continued : I will try. At Pie le I found myself
modronted by • tistik no lee. diglicelt to accompli.h, hut I
accomplished it. (Cheers.) I won the elec. ion speaking for
ray own side,and of warm It:moot st:eak for other
the fairest ever was fought, by the narrow majority
Mx. If I had been petitioned spinet I should have con-
sidered myself a most unfortunate politician; and I
admit again that it is with delight I have been spared the
annoyance and cost of a petition. (Rear. hear.) But we
have bad our reward in the refute; and I will tell you
now why you have had no petitton. Six is • small
majority, and it seems on the ism of it to invite • scru-
tiny, but a scrutiny is • two-edged sword, and if they
were to scrutinise I should have been able to scrutinise
them—(cheers)--and then perhaps we should have arrived
at some explanation of that mysterious batch of paper,
which in the counting of the votes so suddenly brought
my majority from 190 down to 6. That is, gentlemen,
why we had no scrutiny claiming the seat. Now web
no petition to void the seat, because there was no chance
of voiding it. If they had succeeded in voiding it they
would have been without a second candidate; they have
had • candidate, and if they had been able to carry him
they would not have been We to keep him; and, gentle-
men, virtue has its own reward, and our majority of six
she if it had been • majority of 60 or 000.
Ere.) I only regret, gentlemen, that the
on papere—on what authority I know net—
s° constantly smarted that • petition was on the point
of presentation, because it MMUS to 1130 to Cast slur upon
our victory. Once for all, I say the weapons with which I
fought were hard worts, plain speaking—(hear, hear)—and
enthusiasts. tempered by strict discipline in the ranks of
my supporters. Now, gentlemen, in taking leave of •
subject to which I hope there will never again be occasion
to recur, I would say to the leaders of the Liberal party
enlarge your dogma, no more petitions, and let there be
for the future no more need of petitions. If they will meet
upon that coramoo ground, let them believe that they will
be doing a good day's work for the peace, for the honour,
nne prosperity of Poole. Now. gentlemen you will naturally
ask what I think of the General on and its con-e-
-ooenoes. If lam to Sleek my plain mind of the election
which has just passed, I think it must he described as an
election of impatience and unreason. believe that bad
trade in the boroughs and bed harvests in the counties,
aided by the ignorance which ascribed them to the Govern.
roent have caused the Conservative defeat. I think the
Liberal politicians are leading the English people in
dangerous paths when they teach them to constitute
the Government of the day ft Providence, and hold
It responsible for whatever is manful in their lot.
I am afraid, also, it must be described as an
election ef broken promises. The accounts which
reach me from all sides leave me in the greatest
doubt how far it will be able to maintain • system of
canvassing in connection with the ballot. I do not wish
of course, thus early in the day, to pledge myself upon •
question of admitted difficulty, bat I most say, as at pre-
sent advised, my prepomessions yore strongly in 'line MO
to some legislation pointing in that direction. Nov. the
ooneequenose are, I think, leas itisastreua to our party
than at first sight might &Near. If you divide the num-
bers in the new Home Cemmons you will find them
something In this way, ell Home Rulers, 237 Conservatives.
and 353 Liberals. Now the first subject for reingratulation
great
e lose
huhotsßuaa:nlTharaltbano.:edmikitor.t.:t).ll;hastileadllit nationalities,
neo:u
two 6.
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balance between the two great parties. in the State. and
ter
we
int
ng
from their being suheivided as they are into two (meeting
sections eliding open oppesite benches, those gentle- ,
men from Ireland illustrated tee picture of Kilkenny cats
(Lrughtere Now over the Conservetieea the Liberate
trate in all. have been won by nme,ritirs of
very small Amigo of public opinion. or by better
management, 2 500 votes transferred in the constituencies
from one side to the other, the Liberal majority in the
Home of Commons. over the Conservative party, would
entirely disappear. And then if you note the coestitu-
Gneiss with which the political pendolum haa swayed one
way in IBM swayed bark again in lag, you will, I think,
not &spar of seeing us regain our majority with equg
suddenness. I think also that the result is likely
lobs brought about by the difficulties inherent in the
the speeches in Midlothian. We have got •
and Items oneer—Baughter)—and politicians esteem.
and moderate, and the question is which opinions are to
reetetheespg.country will say as it for this we turned out
mode
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and the Rev. McPatey addressed • few g
wanstinhhionswted.n by
given for Lady Charlotte Schreiber, "Itloa:
barn., and Lord Beaconsfield. the 'proceedings ter-
n
some time and discoursed • selection of music to the
crowd.

The Toole rowing club's annual dinner was held at
the Antelope Hotel last week, and as =Oki passed off
with great eadl; and it has been Nuggested that the
old regatta day will now be revived, and that haod-
some subscriptions will fiuw in during the next two
months, for that purpose, from our loeli. aristocracy.

I was rather surprised to find that the voice of a
large number of Poole people condemns the practice
of running • steamer for Sunday excursion. Like my
predece-sor, "The Wanderer," I can hardly conceive
• more harmless way of spending • Sunday afternoon,
a Sunday afternoon, by the way, often otherwise bedly
spent. This reminds me that the Poole people this
week have an opportunity of seeing the play of
"Drink," and I strongly advise everyone who is
interested in the sudject of drink or of teetotalism to
take advantage of the opportunity thus afforded them
of witnessing an illustration of its injurious and
demoralising effects. This play, I am pleased te
know, has been the means of making several Poole
people, as well as thousands throughout the country,
turn from their intemperate habits and booms total
abstainers, audit should be • gratifying thing to our
Sheriff and to our Mayor to kuow that an advocate
for temperance—an advocate, by the way, stronger
than all the temperance lecturers—will now be
presented before the public. I must leave you, Mr.
Editor, to argue whether • Sunday spent on the water,
Inhaling the pure sea air, is not far preferable to the
beery and smoky aroma of • uublic-house--a place of
esort I nee with pain, made good use of in Poole.
Talking of steamboats I see that the Telegraph, the
ruffs, and the Florence have again commenced run-
ning, and this summer the public have the choice of
four boats, end from this I infer that our local passenger
traffic must be a remunerative speculation. The
Bournemouth Steamboat Company, however, appear
to have got into difficulties with Mr. Havelock. the
owner of the Florence, who threatens them with legal
proceedings.

I see that the Poole Musical Association is about
to give a ini,ce laneous concert, and that the cantata
they are to produca is Sterndale 'Sennett's "May
Q teen." I trust that their forthcoming concert will
bo as good as the last one was, anti then the public
will have an opportunity of haring some good music.
Mr. Smith's capabilities as • conductx and a musician
are too well known to the Poole public for me to dilate
upan them, and I was delighted last Sunday to bear
the organ iu the pariah church so ably handled by him,
and in the gaudy instrument of to-day I could haroly
recognise the antiquated apparatus of twenty yams ago.

I regret, Mr. Editor, my time having been so taken
up with domestic matters, both numerous and exten-
sive, that n.y eyes have not had an opportunity of
seeing, or my ears of hearing, that amount of news
which I hari hoped to have laid before you. Next
week, however, I hope to become more familiar with
persons, places, and things, when your readers shall
have the fulle4 benefit of any observations that come
under my spectroscope.
Yours Githfully,
PARK/MMUS,. in Poole 7 degram.
May 3rd, 1880.
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Perbaps " Parkstonian " will share the Sunday
of the engine-room men when the steamer is running,
and tell us how he'd like that specimen of Sunshine for
seven days a week inetead of six. As to the "berry
and smoky aroma," there are houses for the public
where more intellectual, to say nothing of spiritual,
enjoyments are afforded.—En