The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1886-03-16 00:00:00

BRIDPORT.
"THREE ACRES AND A COW" AT THE
NEW LIBERAL HALL.

Mr. Er..leric Impey, hon sec. of the Allotments
and Small !folding. Aumeiation„ and author M
"Three Acres and a Cow," glees stirring lecture at
the head quartera of the Liberal party (formerly
kni writ a. the Templar Hall) on friday eveniag before
a crowiled audience. 'Mere were a number of Con-
nereativ... prelent, bit not disocnticnt voice was
heal d ing the evening.
, The chair woo occupied by the 3.layor I.lr. Jaime
Ileachl who wa.susimirted 14y Simon. J. T. Stephens, I
C. Edmunds, 11. Howell, Rec. W. J. LIAM, Rae. K. 1
Praneio, 11. Iteynoldo lteruolds J. Iluckpitt,
Capt. Martin, and other gentlemen.
The Nhion, siodogving for the alwallea .4 the
preoident, remark..l that the building in which they
were corwegated hal juot toot, into the hand* of the I
Liberal party. tApplamed This wow due to the
liberality .4 their piesident (Mr. J. I'. F. Oundry),
Mr.. C.D.s, out many other ladies awl Treutlenien,
and he congratulated them all ..n the fact of such •
building being the hone. Libmelo itt this town.
I eliellr".) Continued applause greeted the announe,.
men* by the Mayor that the trot ohjoct for which the
hall we. loaned hy the laheral. woo the purpose
femling a liawlrsol children mveral times • week,
for which treat the children were indebted to the
great kindelmo .4 Mimi A. Collo:.
wr. I urgv, wh.• atom amid great cheering, Paid the
cpwolion ef what had been termed '' Tore, acres aud
a cow" wme tal• of the need important tpientions to
engage publiC attention, tor wbetber ir he neemoarily
a party one Of lam it wall fall to the Liberal party to
brute it about. U. was confident that it would nnt
has mentisally a rept.agh Pi theta that the agricultural
labourers ware Nudism said consequently not well 1.1
I They shout.' putt it 'Millie Me power the Issurmt to
buy Imul at • cheap ram law we wanted to keehour
lemple in the country mid mot to emigrate. Miles
upon miles ..1 land, easy iii cultivation were without
it, awl any men Who had lain' Were paying at the
rate of gPI 're for it. t A Voice: "I pay £.71."
—Cries of ":41iniste.' gr. limey clearly proved
ram. whet.- landlords'let Omit 151.4 a 4.7 res Ws los
little holding. that the holders throe*, &rod this elate
thiaan should esint all over the counts y where
pr‘etwehle. One es. W. eoprcially proved to be
heitelkial, Still he argued that if the wisdom of one
great loimberi I,muld prwhice ouch good, it was natural
that ti,. . majority ..1 English landownemnhould
ouch a syotent. Since the year 1710 tam million acre.
if ',Mullion hie, hart been enulowil to wren the
already ex ten.ive manor., A 4% (Shame.) In belt no
Ir.. than 1011; aell•• ..( land trete roteqemed in Par.
',aimed, and not .4 Mena only nine acre. were Celled
a. allotWelits for the pour. It was a fact that We
weie Kr... Melly depopulating our 4:smutty districts,
and we .1 learn how to this. Free trade in
land would not )nit it in Ito, pow.or of the poor to hold .
land at 4 fair prow. lay wanted liatuent li,!rive
Imodira it. tke ',outcry districte power to lot the land
(compuluwily at a fair prim, and the
I people have the ismer t.• do Mi. pi.. templu• in this
district, with A free. sea comt, Wanly uf., did not so
di feel the wani of thi.. Mat in larger towns it usa
far different. All ohoultl make an siert in thin
directed., and the ...miser we can devise means to
oi weld the Irian lie res. to a couthetable conditiou the
better. Phil did not want to pull down the num who
Wag high lip -ilwar, bear) but they did want to give
the Him ad,, tom low down a lilt up. (Cheers./
thee a man (.14 Mr. Ilupey) a otake in the country
- l,t him Me that he Mei eieuethiug to look after, for
to. English working:non au I labourer only wanted a I
fair chance to rioe. Ile coundered it a charity to
take ...me .4 the land. .4 which he laid spoken, andil
let decent 111.11 try to make immething out if them. '
There wan a cinantity of public landn—about two,
million acres belonging to charitien, which the
authoritieo could get teal of and cultivate to ad
olvantageous extent. and it WOW, Ile argued, to, late I
to tell no that we could not regulate the poommion of
landed property. They felt for the labourer, who had I
to exercise care and attention on what he could never
hip,. to benefit by. It was nontense to try to get the
!habil workman ti believe that it wait better for them
ti liace a dear hod or a doar leg of mutton ; the men
must be well fed befit' we could preach to them peace
and contentment. (hear, hear.) Mr. Impey clearly
deninnotrated, lodh by example and argusnent, that
most beneficial moult. hail accrued from the occupati. in
.4 ~,,all holdings in fair term., and the cameo he
proven that happinem and coetentment, al -
ant I.4and health, and pr.mperou. sad thrivi dng
little farms were the r;:oult, and effort should be
made to place within the uach of h,%bourens the bower
to cultivate •uticient land to increase their income*
whilst staU able to porous their daily labours. (Al"
places%)
The MATOII then adkA if any ogle would like to
putt a queotton to the lecturer, when the question was
mike" whether a holder would be etnpowered to
"will' the land too ion.
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lir—gr—re—pli-e-d-thit-lie thought not—Mr. Jame
Coiling* and his supporters thought,however,that the
sueomeor of the holder should hare the preferential
claim. . . . .

Another question waa asked as to whether the
bolder could sell but Mr. [meet said "No; it was
merely a fiaily ol tessiire.-
Mr. O. Muttons, lammed a site of thanks to Mr.
Impey. which was seconded by Mr. .1. T. STlrlirril.
The' latter gentleman j.,Med with them all in hearty
congratulations in the ilUifieldio op of their hall, aud
thanks to all who hail subscribed, and he would saaure
them that a Liberal Cluls had not been lost sight of.
Mr. Stephen monied much amusement by reference to
a .pwech at Itorchoster by the meniber for West
Ihimet. Speaking of the Primrose League, he wx.
convinced that its object was the codes...sr to bring
.to the reverae state of things of those which Mr.
!missy had iwi'mtsited. It was no doubt a grand
thing te belong to iii.. leavo. for a few *billing.
their wive* were enaided aseo.,iae with grand
ladies, and for a few pent* mire were entitled to t,t
at the bead of a table with tbeus. (Loud laughter.)
slb.g...mhens then led three 'warty cheers for Mr.
Impey, whsU. were followed by equally hearty ones
for the Mayor.
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A CARVER KILLti, —A shocking accident occurred
at Whit. Cr'., Netherbury. on Saturday morning,
rmulting in the death of • carter named George
1;10Ttlf, In the employ 3,fa. Warr, landlord el the
Rising Sun inn, &mood. It would appear that
Glover, in conuany with another man, wm in charge
44 r large Wari,ll, to which two h4reee were bar.
neoed. Suddenly the animal* halted, and deceseed
sprang (run tLe waggon with the iutentiim of
/topping then.. He, however, On beneath th•
wheel., and lerfore he weld he eattiested war; fear-
fully injured. Death occurred soon after. Demand
wee shout forty years of age An inquest was held
the owe erotica, before .1. H. Ellerton, EN ,
deputy-coroner, earl a .erdiet of •'
Accidental lattstb."
was returned.

nrlUI, Ditr,. —O. antaird ty morning Mr.
Brake, of Lioabury, Netherbury, whq was About se
Pm^ .4 &V, was frond dead in bed about o'clock.
if. bad retired on the night, previous,. when 4s
appeared tu be ix his usual heahh.

I timmeneliest -•
Fur the third thus this year, Lake lilidiwater is
fruo!n

William Di‘on has just died at Skilfur,kik.., Lin.
solnshire, at the age of 00, while the spa el the five
member. of los family average 1/2 yA•ars.
Lurd Keet.• llordoti received cm Thursday night, at
Ives, Huau, a handsome silver sitter (ran nearly
two th.'Wand *whilst( meth who eliatrilisted one
psnny each, in recognition 04 'b. girsasuu. with
which be contmited the division .4 None Hunt&
The Ziberfrbier Zeituag states tbe Bop'
Orphanage at Voerde, in Um diarist td Hagen, Wee
destroyed by
_lre on Friday night. Fire a obs
inmates metalled to the demo.

PORTLAND.
A Wiwi. Animas*. —Ti the Free and Independent
'Becton.. LadWs and Gentletiwit.—At the rwitiest
of many influential ratepayer.. I hsve the honour ti
tiger myself as a candidate to represent yeur intwrests
land my own) in your Bunt Briefly, lam a
Radically•lndependent•Conowvatit e• Liberal, and my
views upon things in general aru in strict totiforinity
with those i 4 toy tionlinato“, and I shall always feel
it my duty to slims wt them who support me. foun a
firm conviction that that policy will best conduce to
my own interest, and to tlw maintenance of that state
if thing. at which everyb sly complains ; said, whilst
publicly opiswing, in tho name of the ratepayers, the
advance 44 f weign ;kw,* i whether they be railway,
steamboat, or water companies,, or tither. prrofelirlifr
to betts.ht the islatell, keeping an eye to the interests
if No. I, I should still Is. able privately t.. keep up
frienlly intercourse with them, and ilisCiare to the
tenants .4 this island that position and character
which they have e, er enjoved of being the most
unique, preju heed. •hort..iithtorl, know-all, and
knnanithin is-ople in the lin4cloni. I will support
a policy which has always recognised the import...tic.
if (hut has never Improved) our water supply. F.w
why should the heavily-taxwdrateisavers incite heavier
rats, tt'ititn they hmt. water tanks of their own. simply
to stir. 5 mpply .4 water in a dry season to th few
poor twople who may he ties lazy to get up ...Az
enough to uhtain it from imblir "'Wing*? I 'ha"
of prwe any tile ouire which would •• give gender
facilities for the transfer of land,' as I think the
mode by which Ow public roads are now converted
into arable land, with forrows sin inches deep, is
suelciently eapeditions and cheap, though it MIRY to
somewhat priantive. I shall iii i "posse anything
calculated to interfere with the lilwrty .4 the wile
ject," and will ml s tttttt nary prosceslin4o liemg
taken against any )r5 ii who bring. before your
Any of th alont.l vote of emptying night
carts, lutryiug &Ail bor.*. thoeying stop. into the
roast &e., whielt ti, y eivir ieteriw 5. 111115 feel•
inu the to be,:iri to. w.i•rantable inteil,tence with
tiro freed... .4 thou/lit awl Aetissi which I con.ider
ti Is. every Why should we not do
what we 0-;fli ...Wit! My °Wit interest and
welfare I shall alwcys make identimd with that .4 the
working man. from a coolly ;ction that whAtever
beiwfit• ii. .in I . sit I pro.
sided my own •• nob.iiival libeity-is liot cortaileal,
or the right .4 o.s) propeity interf-rol with. I shall
always HMI., to lie the issw frimpl it). tih.eild
I Is. return xl as your linisYrepresentative, I shall use
my. heat o.llllrartoltrlt Petri to Pro the point in debate
with orthodox perversity, and to evade all responsi-
bility in any matters with which I may he entruited.
—I remain, your olselient servants JAM Fait'i.