The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-02-04 00:00:00

DORCHESTER TOWN- COUNCIL

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. A quarterly meeting of the Town Council was
held. on Monday. The. nieuihina present were:
The Mayor; . Alderman Coombe ; Councillors
Hodges, Devenish, Bennett, Lock, Froud, Aldridge,
and Bishop.
FINANCE Commirrex. —The first business on the
paper was to receive the report of the Finance Com-
mittee, who recommended several small sums to be
laid out of the General Borough Fund.
_ NATIONAL MEMORIAL.—The Mayor read a com-
munication' from the Lord Mayor of London, to the
effect that a central committee had been formed in
London for the purpose of raising sebseriptiomi for a
national ind lasting memorial to the Prince Consort;
that it VOW proposed local committees should be
formed throughout the country, and inviting the
'corporation of Dorchester to form themselves into a
, committee to raise subscriptions, by public Meetings
or otherwise, as they might deem most ad.visible' so
aa to enable all classes of Her Majesty's subjects to
contribute. —Mr. Hodges said that, daring his
mayoralty, he received several communications 'from
the Lord Mayor and others to raise subscriptions for
. Various purposes, and the mid* he giineirally adopted
in his discretion as Mayor, was to lay the subject
before the Council, and afterwards get oat subscrip-
tion lists to lie at the bank., and perhaps two or
three other places, and afterwardd transmit the
amount to the central secietylle thought, perhaps,
lei it might well that . they i 4 adopt the same
principle in tliks 'ease .with said to the national
memorial, as it seemed that. no local memorial to the
late Prince, exteptin, • few large town., such as
Manchester, had been- commenced ; still he
'thought the best mode of giving the ex-
pressions of their esteem to the late Prince,
and one which would be more in accordance with
his feelings were he alive, was the erection of a row
of model cottages in Fordington. It would not be
proper perhaps to enter upon this subject on that
occasion, but he thought it should not be lost sight
of. Probably they would be able to get SOONI assis-
tance towards the object from the Thichy of Cornwall
were the authorities made aware of their object, and
this, with the private subscriptions that might be
raised, 'would most likely enable them to commence
a movement ' which . was most important and de-
sirable for the elevation of the working classes in
that locality.—Mr.. Coombe was opposed to . Mr.
Hodges's suggestion with respect to the erection of
model cottages. He did not think, when they looked
at the condition of Fordington that the Duchy of
Cornwall property had been managed in such a way
as to call forth a vest sawant of gratitude on their
part He did not blanse Prince Albert: -He be.
Roved if any One could have got Prince An*t in
r Pordington field by himself, without knowing who
he was, and 'elided out to him the conaition of
, Fordington, at things would have been altered,
but , unfortunately there, was no means of get-
ting at him ,to point out the grievances. He
had the greatest possible respect for the late
Prince Consort, and he . had the greatest pos-
sible desire that the. Duchy of Cornwall should
' iviri his respeet4. but he could assure think that he
Wes not going tObrllhe them to do it.—Dr. Aldridge
&eked what the -cottages Mr. Hodges proposed would
eget in the erection?—Nr. Coombs said that cost
what they might, he would not give one six ponce
towards them to be erected on the Duchy of ,Cfow
' Wall estete.--;.Aftar a lengthened discussion on the
subject, Mr. Hodges moved a reeolntion to the effect
that heti be prepared to lie at the banks and other
plans; and that the amount collected be forwarded
by the Mayor to the Central Committee.
rpiE 'Ns anargose.—the Town Clerk read a
, bounnunication which he had reeeived, to the effect
that it was intended to petition Parliament during
the ensuing session for the repeal of the duty on
Fire insurances, and requesting the eo-operation in
the matter of the Town Council. —Mr. Aldridge
'prepared? and Mr. Bishop imiconded a resolution to
the effect that a petition be presented to Parliament
at the commetteement.of the ensuing session, for the
repeal Of the duty on Fire Insurances, as 'tieing
. oppressive oh the Mercantile, trading, and industrial
coroninnii4=idr. Look oggibeed the reaolution as '
being of 411tical nature, end th“
th lt was not compe-
tent for thins to petition on .'r,
.sabjecte.—Mr,
: -
bishop: . Sou wean it is is question of political
economy; certainly it ii not ,si question of party
polities..—Mr. Lock considered that it was • pohtical
party question, and that to pees the resolution pro-
peed would lye to lay down a dangerous precedest, •
as next they Weald have brought before them
petitinriii fir the • repeal of the Income .Tax,
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and other,
.nicthures .of a political character.
He therefore proposed we amendment, to
the effect that Parliament should ,not be petitioned
on any political 'objects, by . that 'Council.—Mr. ,
Coombe thought this was is Very+
,st question to i
Teem? before the Coning' Vbete: . a great 45 I
geroWded hoitse proportigilli Heiableter within
.. . A
baeetrigh, and the duty on Plvit',lnsuranee was 0
alto prevent many persons hawing their property; '
It was not A party question,. and 1-ES could. 40 po i
'harm in petitioning .Parli•ment on the subject.—
Mr. Hodgee quite agreed that the duty on firs
inensence was a great grievance, but he did not think .
it desirable that the subject should be brought bates
'tliii'doilinilL ' If they took op, this; question others i
' Would be introduced, , end their • meetings wouldibe
titan hp by the diacussion4r publicmeasures whfeh,
'did. not, come within . the Scope of the Council. '
Their business was purely of a local nature, and not
political ,or public, except in, occasionally voting
an address to the Th rone. --Mr. Bishop, in answer to
these remarks, . maintained that the subject
did -come within, the scope of the Council. He ,
referred to the original constitutions of inimici-
polities, which were to Witteh sill questions affecting ,
'the pfiblicis.nd to defend what was right, and Con- -
troyert, what, was Wrodg.--The Town Clerk said
it was wiitti 'competent for the Town Council to'
, petitiotirsainusent Many i Olio ineasuree, as well as
attending, th,..saatters a ...nog their own local
'intemses...-Ths difityor, without offering' any *Pinion
as to the desirability or not of petitioning Perlis-
nrent oh the subject . brought: before then/ notice,
questioned the -Witty of peeping the resolution at
' that meeting. ' He considered . that • snbjeet of so
, much ituyarticiee should not be discussed, although it
wissasee,‘4m quarterly meeting,. without being first
p on their notice paper,, in order to give ' all the
. members of the Council notice of the motion.
Ultimately, it was agreed to postpone this,qmetion
till their next meeting. , • -, . , ,!•i i .
LoCAL BOARD .0/t MIALTIL--The Surveys* xe- •
ported, that he had prepared the neesseary plans,
and estimates for the drainage r 'of ' prentises, in the
occupatioh a several private . Sorties, Notice WAS
served upon Mr: James 'Hardy, - High Went-
street, to construct' drains in July last, but
he had not complied ' therewith, ' and
. there had been frequent , annplaints made, of
the drainage, of these premises flowing into, and '
i_uptan the street. [Ordered that another notica, he
I served, and report thereon.] it bad been found ne-
100111111ry to open the sewer in Conchal, as the drainage
,from Mr. Howe's premises did nA paw off. 'Upon
'Usainining the sewer; a honweleth and towel? with,
:tether thing*, were 'tesbd.• 'lt could not ,bwerwer-
hattied from whose premises 'the things had oeiniil as•
.lh'sonst have been either from Mr. Howe% the
'Dank, Mr. Scott's, or Mr. Woolston's, slid"tbAruct
1 great carelessness on the part of the partiiiik"'-'-11*
,recommended that a flushing 'haft be phiddrlesir
the public sewer, So that if private drains got Oldka
'UP. the parties might be compelled to, pat the* in
'Order at their own cost By placing the theft gag,
the junction, it could be ascertained whose private,
,dmin'wee choked. '.fillte Week was ordered to ha
thine.) . In effilieetatiteVest the complain* made by
Ihi'.' ,pantoh he US VIM' Warier from the ventilating
'theft near his house, he to Dr. Btenheuse, the
*raptor of the charcosl. air filter, and he had re-
. ibgived the following letildated, 17, Roilites;street,
...Pentonville,' January I i—" Deer Sir, --I - feel
grateh obliged to you for your vote. arid likewise for
the printed, copy of By. Lanka's letter. It is not
, very easy to determine with certainty why the char-
coal has not operated as successfully at Dorchester as
It has done in nearly a thousand instances in other
starters. I should strongly suspect it must be ening
to 0310 of two things; either that you are not em-
'playing a sufficient quantity of charcoal, which ought
to he kept tolerably try; .or that the gases lie per-
mitted to escape by openings round the "ides,
without passing throagh the charcoal at all. If
the amount of gasemitted through the sewer is very
rest, you may, perhaps, require a layer of charcoal
in bite the less of horse bans, from half to three
- oorters ofa foot in thiokness. If the whole of the
,'
_. are made to paw through this charms', and the
' ,•pievented frOln falling upon it, and stopping
1 , I have no doubt that the whole of the
poisonous gases will be destroyed. Dr. Panton's
ark that charmer 10,, simply an absorbent, is the
4,,,3
. .4 opinion which. ighi.,abroys held till about eight
.niars ago, when X. Ilieli published on the subject.
'Charcoal, however,- net only absorbs, but decomposes
the organic gams which paw through it, subjecting
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