$8 Life and Times of " The Drjiid." 



feelings that Mr. Dixon and his brothers 

 associated themselves strenuously with the 

 Reform agitation, which led to the passing 

 of the Reform Act of 1832, and also with the 

 Anti-Corn Law League, w T hich resulted in 

 the repeal of the Corn Laws- In the latter 

 struggle, his firm, and especially his elder 

 brother Mr. John Dixon, took a most 

 prominent part, being leading members of 

 the League. 



" Mr. Dixon never introduced any ran- 

 corous feelings into politics. He was a good> 

 open-hearted, thorough-going political oppo- 

 nent, but when the contest was over he 

 would shake hands and retain not a trace 

 of bitterness. 



" After the passing of the Municipal Re- 

 form Act, Mr. Dixon took part for some time 

 in municipal affairs, and was the second 

 Mayor of Carlisle under the new regime. 

 He retired from the Council, however, at 

 the expiration of his year of office, in conse- 

 quence of a difference of opinion with his 

 constituents and the majority of the Council 

 on the subject of the election of Aldermen 

 — a question on which the universal practice 



