The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-04-15 00:00:00

Ste Sera 021. M.IOO'eAMC-4U ma 1111101•111, Witt. 11 tesell rid he bed resided in Veetovi•
miry of thin eicellont charity wee celebrated on 0415g0 immedi.tely adlotaing the tlosher pound ever 40
Yrilay laet4g in the same manner as on former years and boll not he.. poimed yet. Reit vrad
of
nit "I" ad 'nen' "amen of the °°et. e" Lobffeale'PLallibli les"4uain"tre"spournit"olpp'Scrt: Tehirtatis
upwards of forty youths, who are apprenticed under Inn many • toes- H 3 Gould go all ova. the Pound and
the terms of the trust deed id the charity, assembled pot tmels &sable deep, the centre of the pound was
at the Guildhall .hortly before eleven o'clock, where all shingly. The wither wiss oressmitheieed at some
they were met by the full wing trustees :—Nlosera If. length by 110. SagegalL
Haggett, W. 'Talbot, Ayling, J. E. Robins, W. William Bailr was toe mixt vitro& Hlo.vld.naswas I
Symonds. J. Robertson, and E. Bailey. After a ehort 501 1 la.lwllas, be remembered the pound ueearde
time the trnet•es, headed by one of the mace-bearers, of 50 /se" n'en.2iiiii"ije' no °nit". then helett,erit:
since
Mr. Brtnidler, ncoompthiel by lie. Arden, clerk to the the ere. it an the • Togo
worse and worse
trustees, and followed by the old men owl the appren- Henry John Roper elas guy elmUsr eehtem. He bad
time, proceeded to fit. Ifary'd Churci, where Divine, lin two the Yachted'r for the last 15 y eve At one time
service was performed, and an appropriate sermon, h woe bricks up ler • barge as (eras R,llpol. Church'
preached by the Bev. J. R. Mullen., from the text lot now be mid net get op there for the mud, even with
' The llchJsOt meet together." After the lets soralleet boat. Ho then described the filthy state of
service the nr. turned to the Guildhall, where the polled no tr Aesvierterrad.
the recipiente of the charity received the ocidowery Mr. George Serums. was aliso called and gave from hls
lout expenses°e an account of Use pound, pot and present,
eft—n sovereign, a bun, nod a glass of wine each,
ai d his opinion was that the nuissuce e mid only be re-
One of the old men present was upwards of ninety mooed by main( the B taw star pure, and by elloorinx it to
year. of age. floe up and down as it did before the Dam was erected.
0.0811.117,
chteenthouNewni,ege—nderrtratis; 4:pre.kat Western, BClharp• crogroexatniaatioo he odd to, had bra statreeyor of the
borou,ls for sum* tsars and halo hod y oomph.' Is
/pulp to him veapectilat the pound being a 110.eance.
rg„ general; (Real Widens, Blampied, Cberhirarg. 0 her evidenos haying been given, the court adjourned
general; Brighton. Falls Jersey, general; Cygnus, till wed..der,
Fibber, Cherbourg, general; Great Western. Minns' Boarsuoie Perry Smithies, Tu.slAr.—Before the Bayer
plod. Cherbourg, general' Samuel and Metre. Woods. eod 11-or. Itobons rid it ogett.
sea, fish ; Tartar,fdparling, sea, flub; Wi•dom, Welch, Mere Weer wet summoned fur using foul language to
*ea fish; Rosa Ann, Barnes, sea, fish ; Cygnus, Henry Cater. on flatunley. As he bad appeared in twurt
Filcher, Cherbourg, general • Matilda, Winder, in an unfit state, he was fined 104., or seven days hard
Plymouth, manure ; Edith Mi:ria, Borril, Hull. oil- let?"'. also. now— rt P roolorkg. • senteart on bawd
athe • Harmony, Attwoell, !Shields, crol ; /Jaren,
R. n Is nog in Portgaud Rood., was sum-
Chrrtensen, MAIM, barley Brighton, Belle,Jerry, m ,opt by Kalil, Ili nr ly for coking snug from her. From
Leral--SaViAtt Blonde Minter, Guernseys the eel lents it appeared hat prooroutrig met thy defect.
Wheat ; Agricola, Kent, seeking, ballast; Brighton, dent on Sunday writ last, awl they went to her house.
Belle, '
Jitney, general; Grad Western, Blampied, She had then on her anger • ring, which she took off and
Cherbourg. general' Polka, Norris, Guernsey, planed under the pillow. In the usorning while proseeutt
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ballast; Cygnus, Pasha, Cherbourg, general; went down steers for some drinking water, the defendant
made off with the ring. He now stated that he took the
Minorca, Allen, Plymouth, superphosphate; Cus,
ring away tor a leek, and that he bad brought It in since
Flicker, Cherbourg, geueral ; Brighton. Folio. a "e°Y. to the proeseutrth, but could not fad her. He, howeeer,
general ; Great Western, Blampied, Cherbourg, left the ring in the care of the landlady of the Bidwell
general; Cygnus, Fllaher, Cherbonig, general. I Tavern to keep for hint till he could return it. George
Sherlock, an officer on board the fragnew, gays the radon-
801011011 POUCI COORS, Thinaday.—Beeere Dr Drew
Maur. Hardie, Lozoile. Talbot, R,gvett, and Itsiens. dent • good character. and the err ens dismissed.
• CORPORATION PLOSICUTION
The Urban Sanitary Authority elicits (timber pound).
The cam ram, on tbis morning and was • summons toy
the Corporation against Mews. Bents, timber merchants,
calling upon them to remove maths nurtures arising out
of their tiother pounds.
Mr. file/gall represented the Town rramell and Mr.
Howard the di feesdaeta.
Mr. Howard at the commencement of the proceedings,
stated his objections to certain of the reagistratm sitting
sad adjudlosting in the case, Inasmuch as they were
members of the Corperatioun teed ratepayers. They had,
as membered the Council, relied this am, and he trusted
they would refrain from acting, as a matter of self-respect,
as Wm were sufficient magistrates on the Bench to try
It without them.
111 r. Ireergiall saw no objection to the gentlemen taking
pert.
Mr. Maldive said when he became • magistrate he took
the oath that be would decide any car that came before
him without fear or favour to any Party.
Mr. Bober also replied that Mr. killedge had expressed
his own views upon the matter.
Mr, Howard referee 1 to the Act of Parliament on the
matter, wherein It was enacte I that owlet:ales being rate-
eayen were brow pa rut tort,notwitratend Mg their being
members of the Corporation; and this was dearly shown
In mess where judges being shareholders in railway
eonspaales could not sit and try railway ears which came
before them. He endorsed whet had fallen from the lips
of the members of the Bench; but he had a duty to
perform to his clients, sod he should faithfully perform It,
and object to their rile&
Tne ore then prom/deg.
Mr. Gale, chief clerk in Mr. I:Remnant office Produced the
books of the Council, giving tbe Town Clerk authority to
leak ier an abatement of the nuisance.
Mr. Breed' mid the pound in (merlon bad been in
erasure. over 311 year., daring which time various peones
hod complained of its Wig a great nuisance. and Sr John
Code had, In his recomineedation• reap.ctinn the
Backwater , throat its removal desirable. The Sthit try
Authority had since called Is • competent prey in Dr.
COlteld, who had sent in his reportage thus. well as other
sanitary matters connected with the borough, and sand if
they did not remove the tilaancee complained of, the
L cal Government Board in ',...0d0n would compel them
to in mo.
Yr. Supt. Vickery was thee sworn. He stated that he
had, until ref:molly, been Inspector of Nuisances for the
borough. He knew the timber potted at the bottom of
Gloncestar-threet. He had seen it in March last, when it
was in • foul state. It hal been complained of for a
Member of years as toeing • radiance. The Umber pound
0111fhe back of Ar, 71, terrace was also in • foul state. He
I had not no red teeny complaints shout the Backwater,
but oomplainta have been mode and meetings held respect-
lug the state of the thither pounds. He had be.rd
that the water there was quite stagnant at tones.
Complaints bad been made normally to him only this
last year, especially when a boll had to be broken up at the
Royal, in consequence of the bad smells, which it was
alleged, arms from 0.1, Umber pound.
By Mr. Howard: He knew that the drains of the town
run into the Backwater and the Harbour below the dam,
and the duties near the suites shed also ran into the
Beck ester.
By Mr. Staudt He did not know that the drains from
Argyisterrace had lien cut off.
Mr. Lyle., Inspector of Nuisances, was the next
witness. He said that in pirouettes of instruction., he
had inspected the timber pounds during the last few dam
He then proceeded to minutely &oatho the state of each
and was crose-eximined upon his evidence by Mr.
Howard.
Mr. Morgan, borough surveyor, stated In his evidence
that be had observed tool matter in the timber pound of
Messrs. Betts, and only on Wednorday last be had noticed
that it was in • filthy stato He thou went into tethered
details, which would not he of interest to the public. In
ermeenlizeinetion by Mr. Howard, he stated that the
foundation of Messrs. Bettis potted was of travel and
sand, eoetaining not mud or anything that would cruet*
mud, and the sediment deposited was tour foreign to the
(madame of the pound. There was similar mud above
the dam, but not too bad as that in this pound. He could
not tell the depth of the mud In the Backwater, as it
varied according to the different scours In the channel.
This would prevent the mud being of an even depth. If
ths Isere hat emptied into the Backwater for years the
stream passing the wal of the timber pound—the
in-corning tide would cars more deposite there He Imd
•ri.tad Dr. Corder, when he was down in his odleial
direcitr, and bad since reed his report —ln reethaseinatioe
by Kr. nteggall witness mid when the tide goes out the
Umber pound is compamtively dry, and only in si colt
three hour, • day can the sewage be deported at each tides
The Rev. Vein Bolton, pastor of the Gloucester chapel,
pave evidence as to the ted smells arising from the pound
last August and that belied been ill through it 8 I
of the poor people had been to him complaining about the
had smells. He had made complaint, to Messrs. Bette'
manager. and he had premised that it should be seen into.
He bad also himself stead between the pound and the
Backwater when the wind was in the west and there was
no smell, is the wind blew the same up Gloocester-streer.
Nothing bad been done, to the best of his belief, to remove
the noisome complained of. Wanes, was Mellerely cram'
examined,
Trends Smith, of Leneoz-Itreet, was in the company of
last wittier in August or September bet when the smell
from the timber pound was eery bed.
Crow-examined by Mr. Howard: He had been nearly
stifled by thei smell oiling from the upper pound, and
the people raiding in Argyie-terrare, had to turn out on
Gus occrion the smell MUM Barrack-field, was far worse
tktenitlram Brows.
B'eltitimbe of Wearyan-street, near Beth pound, pound.
mid it was now in a most offensive state, the game as last
Simmer

PORTLAND.

Ciwcj. Agrourrgort.—The Rev. W. T. M.
Cornlok. who for souse years zsaloudy laboured here,
and in Weymouth as curate, has been appointed to
Lb. living of Kdkullen. the Curragh. Kildare.
EXTBITAINNUT.—On Monday evening the mecners
of the Excelsior Juvenile Foresters Branch were
invited to attend an entertainment given by Professor
Venoms at their club room. The committee turned free
tickets to the members and • goodly number wee*
present. Brother Fisher superintended the arrange-
ments and a very pleasant evening was spent, biscolts
&c., being provided at the interval.

atZe; :examined : lie lad never perceived bad smells
from the Backwater sine. the dam was put in, net had he
smelt anything Offornivi in the months of March last,
neither bad he lost any ledgers through it The water le
the Backwater was generally clear, and he had never wen
any 'swags there. Ho bad had complaints from his
lodgers occasionally.
Other within'se had bibs examined on behalf of the
corporation but they wet • got present
Mr. Bread' wee about to pot in Sir John Csodes
report. but, Mr. Howard objected uit wee immaterial
and could aot be wed it this mae, u this was • cue
arising out of Dr. Corfidts report, and not that of Bin
John Cowie.
Mr. Milkdre asked suppao Sir John Goode' report was
loaded...able, could jibe reed /
Mr. Howard: It would IS improper lode 80. sip you are
tied directly and sedirectly from such. caner
The court then adjourn's. till Monday at ten o'clock.
MODDAT : Before Dr. kV., and Mown. Magglitt,
Rebus, Milled's, Talbot, Hopkins and Collett.
The burin, of this cue sat trammed this mowing.
B lewd Pull sided that be bedknorss Betts's
Umber pound for the lest 11 In fact, ever since it
had teen • pound, and be ted own filth thrown into the
wound, and Mr. Dodson had had • wall built to Prevent
people from throwing filth bate it. To his recollection it
had never been clrened4 The sewer ehich runs in
front is covered with coo but the concrete is above
to. pipe at the entrance to pound, but la left od so..
not to obstruct the esstrente into the timber polled.
There used to be • crating at the entrance, but it had
bate taken away by the Bele's people, and is now lying
cm the 00.7.
Cramovx 'mined : He cool not tell whets it wee taken
assay. The sewer rues lu frost, but at the owlet it is
not covered with concrete. There was formerly we east
well erected In order to prevent people from throwing
garbage Nth li. He beer the upprr pound near
Aroie.terrsoe. It wasa treat DIDI moo 11.4
.year. There
was not much thirotence is the three pounds when they
were stirred up. Be had Inuit the Backwater very bad
ist times
MrszamiDea by Mr. Steentell: The timber pound was
and has hem • radiance before the Daus in the Backwater
was erected.
By the Bench: Ilse Iron door wee on the inside and
the grating on the outside of the pound. The Iron door,
which ha. been removed, was wed for the purports of
the water In the pound, dso keeping It sweet.
Vrillitemull an
proposed putting in Sir John Coode's re-
pt •Irch was read preview to the year 1821. before the
Dom wee erected.
Hr. Howard objected touch • worse of proceedings as
It could not be put In In evidence. He certainly knew of
DO SWAM haw to make ash • report ai salmi hie.
Hr. Steggell said Mr. Howard had put in Dr. Cwfleld's
rennin.: The Wets (gibe pound is apparent to all.
Mr. Howard said there were three summoners taken
out, and would like to kw!, what course of proceedings
Hr. Bidwell wet going to lake/
Mr. &mai replied Adis' proposed to take the pound
at the bottom of Bead-onset, and as to the others the
lame evidence would sepia
Dr. Drew thought that ilth should be mate a teat case
for the other two, end the same evidence would apply.
Mr. Roberts asked Mr. Howard if he was content Is let
the wow evidence in the first c•es stand, for the other
two to dead on the merited the first I
Yr. Howard then celled the attention of the Bench to
the wording of the sumnpas and dwelt 00th. feet that
inasmuch., the 1./rhea Buttery Authority had not called
their medical dither, to du his opinion as to the state of
the pound, It would now he lee the Beach to say whether
they would hear his (Mr. Howard's) evidence.
The Beach retired, end m their ruun were prepared
to beer Mr. Howard's detente.
Mr. Howard supremo/ ble opinion that the cams was
mu let a higher court, sad hot one that should have been
bronght before that ben& Be might elm state that at
the be bad aimed to °arum of the IDairlitraj,
inll the ems I bit he wished to say that whet
he had wee es a MAIO of duty to his clients and
not es any persorial pe Mr. Howard then reviewed
the ethelle at the evtee.el and submitted that if any
nedennee existed it we. euteed by the sewage being
diverted late the BeckwaW, and by the Dana.
Dr. Tinned was then milef in support of the defendants'
emu We was • modkel men et 30 year: standing, had
been medical Miser to the Weymouth Local .Board for
Wee or ten years. m mob lis attention had bees called
pertlenlerbr to the health of the town. Weymouth wee
now one of the bealthinit tower to be found in the
Innadon. It wee as hadthy now as it was Wore
Jeeemy leek The &Mb ate was exesptiosally low—it
bolas at Kideneesawt WHIM 1i.,, now free hem
Minotte deeme, the death rate during the lest three
roll had hem Per 1.100. There were doe homes
all reuse the Maine nand in rIDOMMa. Ind then was
no bleak ot there
memo, hod been in the seta of Mr.
7:E Allen, mew,
the
wane of we timber weed from aut to West. He
stood cm the droned of %Noumea and so wati had to be
moored. the centre of the pound was thee sand sad
shingle. Time we. no mod vndhi, then. It there bad
boo wad bon ma