Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1883-10-13 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

IBERA.LISM IN DEVONSIIIRE.  I A meeting of the Liberal party of East Devon has been held at Teignmouth, attended by Colonel Sterling, the Liberal candidate for the division, and addressed by Lord Clifford on the question of the political franchise. The noble lord, whilst acknowledging that the possession of property was not a reason why a man should possess the vote, yet pointed out that it was a security against his misusing it. He had had the opportunity of observing the operation of manhood suffrage in almost every country in which It was at work, and whilst be confessed that he saw little to fear from it, yet on the whole he had no great admiration for it. His own opinion was that the qualification of the electorate should be placed so low that any able, intelligent, industrious member of the community could attain to it; but to give a vote to the indifferent, the ignorant, or vicious without asking for some pledge as to the use they would make of it appeared to him to be grounded on no just basis of reason. It was not that the residuum of the population would he strong enough to divert or turn the machinery of the State, but they might often enough get into the wheels and clog the machinery. Although it might be argued that the admission of the whole male population 'to the franchise would mate but little confusion and do but little harm, yet it would do but little good, and for all practical purposes it would suffice to put the vote within the reach of every able and intelligent man. Ile strongly advocated the extension of household suffrage to the counties, and also electoral districts, for although the shifting of the population might at times require a revision of these districts, yet that was a work that most not deter Parliament from doing the thing that was just and right. As to female suffrage, it was for women themselves to think whether this would be robe. Colonel Sterling thought the measure which gave a lower franchise to the towns than to the counties wo, simply a party trick, and nary that its author had passed away they might look for a very general agreement in the principle that the elections in town and country should be placed on an equal footing. Mr. Searle Hayne, chairman of the district association, the Rev. Anson Cartwright, chairman of the leignmouth Society, and other gentlemen also spoke.  KAY'S COYPOUND for Colds and Coughs, Ind.;lo. 10., 2s. Pd. Postage 3d. Kay Bros., Stockport.  A CORONER'S JURY at Sunderland has returned a vel diet of Death from an embolism of the 1 ngs" in an inquest held upon the body of a widow named Mary Dainton. It appeared that she went to a neighbour s house, and said she had come there to die. She knelt down ho the Weide and expired in a few momenta. She had antlered from heart disease.  A. ktAwnign WOMAN, named Martha Head, aged 24. has been made the victim of a murderous attack in Lee's-place, Southwark, London. A number of navvies and women were quarrelling, when one of the latter suddenly picked up a large stone, and dealt Head a fearful blow. One of the men then drew a knife from his packet and stab ed her over the right eye. The police were summoned by the bystanders, and succeeded in Viking the woman into custmly, hut the man es,ped, and Instill at large. The injured woman was taken to St. Thomas's Hospital, where her wounds were dressed.  ir AT'S Txc PILLS, for bieunalgia, Paceache, tro.,9kd., Is. lid. Poctoge id. Soil by all chemists. Kay Bros., Stockport.  . _ AT the Petty Sessions, Sandbach, William I Steele, butcher, of Longton, wan lately charged with exposing for Bale nearly 300 lb. of meat, which was seised in the market. The Bench reminded the defendant that be bad been heavily lined before for a similar ; offence, and now be deserved to be mot to gaol. He N 49 fiord a further sum of £lO and coats.